The 200 Km City

Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast

Bibliographic Data

ID20437709
AuthorsPeter Spearritt (0000-0001-6716-5000, Stimson Center, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume49
Issue1
Pages87-106
Publication date2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Economic History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-8992 • E-ISSN: 1467-8446
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8446.2009.00251.x
OpenAlexW2058658936
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited11

Since the 1970s, several Southeast Queensland coastal towns in areas marketed as the ‘Gold Coast’ and the ‘Sunshine Coast’ have merged with each other and joined with Brisbane to become one of the world's longest urban coastal strips. The population of this 200 km long city is fast approaching three million. This urban pattern reflects the preferences of many Australians about where and in what type of housing they would like to live. The unplanned nature of this growth raises several policy challenges relating to resource use and traffic congestion

Archaeology · East coast · Geography · Gold coast · Physical geography · Population · Sociology · West coast · Demography · Geology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Oceanography · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance

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