Imaginations of post-suburbia: Suburban change and imaginative practices in Auckland, New Zealand

Cameron Johnson, Tom Baker and Francis L Collins
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Cameron Johnson: University of Auckland, New Zealand
Tom Baker: University of Auckland, New Zealand
Francis L Collins: University of Waikato, New Zealand

Urban Studies, 2019, vol. 56, issue 5, 1042-1060

Abstract: Imaginative practices are central to ongoing transformations in the form and function of suburbia. In recent years, urban scholars have focused increasing attention on the concept and process of ‘post-suburbanisation’ to understand contemporary suburbs, yet imaginaries and imaginative practices have been largely absent in their analyses. This paper examines the role of imaginative practices in post-suburban change. Through a case study of Auckland, New Zealand, the paper examines three key domains of imaginative practice – visions, problems and trajectories – implicated in the production of post-suburbia. It argues that understandings of post-suburbanisation will be enhanced by an appreciation of both the material and imaginative dimensions of suburban transformation.

Keywords: built environment; imagination; planning; policy; politics; post-suburbia; redevelopment; regeneration; 建筑环境; 想象力; 规划; 政策; 政治; å ŽéƒŠåŒº; å† å¼€å ‘; å† ç”Ÿ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098018787157

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