Deakin Lecture 2008 - Cities and Nations of the Future
Griffith Review 20: Cities On The Edge
$19.95 – Paperback book / Abc Books
Most people now live in cities which are increasingly under
stress. Making cities more liveable, more sustainable and more fun
is the challenge of the next decade.
The lead essay is by the most outstanding young urban p... Buy or find out more →
Fluid City Transforming Melbourne
$59.95 – Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr
Fluid City traces the transformation of Melbourne’s urban waterfront during the period 1983 to 2004, as the city turned its face to the water and the world, re-inventing itself to attract new flows of global capital.
T... Buy or find out more →
Concrete Dragon
$62.50$15.95 – Hardcover book / Princeton Archit. Pr
China is the most rapidly urbanizing nation in the world, with an urban population that may well reach one billion within a generation. Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom un... Buy or find out more →
Who's Your City? How The Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live The Most Important Decision In Your Life
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Basic Books
It’s a mantra of the age of globalization that where we live doesn’t matter. We can innovate just as easily from a ski chalet in Aspen or a beachhouse in Provence as in the office of a Silicon Valley startup. According t... Buy or find out more →
The End Of Charity
$26.95 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Nic Frances is a social entrepreneur. He once ran the Brotherhood of St Laurance. This is the story of how he came to understand that charity can never deliver a just and sustainable world. It is only through a value-cen... Buy or find out more →
Endless City
$0.00 – Hardcover book /
More and more people are moving into towns and cities to live and work, which is altering the urban/rural balance of countries worldwide. THE ENDLESS CITY is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the world's inte... Buy or find out more →
Common Wealth: Economics For A Crowded Planet
$7.95 – Trade paperback / Allen Lane
In this book Jeffrey Sachs, one of the world's leading economists and author of the bestselling The End of Poverty, analyses and addresses the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. A s... Buy or find out more →
Futurecast 2020: A Global Blueprint
$39.95 – Trade paperback / Profile
Rapid technological advances, globalisation, unparalleled demographic changes and the rise of China and India as superpowers mean that we are entering an unprecedented age. Rob Shapiro employs his immense experience in i... Buy or find out more →
Creating A World Without Poverty How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives
$23.99 – Paperback book / Public Affairs
In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered ... Buy or find out more →
Dear Mr Rudd: Ideas For A Better Australia
$29.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
With the election of the Rudd government, there is revived interest in the nation’s future – both the challenges and the opportunities. What kind of future can we imagine for Australia?
Dear Mr Rudd offers new essays... Buy or find out more →
Metropolitan World Atlas
$80.00 – Paperback book / 010, Rotterdam
Despite the burgeoning interest in metropolitan growth and globalisation there has been no way of directly comparing metropolises – until now, that is. This atlas offers a unique survey of global trade networks and their... Buy or find out more →