Stephenson and metropolitan planning in Perth

In the 1950s Perth, capital city of Western Australia, stood on the cusp of major development which would transform it from a nineteenth-century European city to a modern commercial city dominated by international-style skyscrapers and surrounded by sprawling suburbs. Gordon Stephenson was engaged b...

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Published in:Town planning review 2012-01, Vol.83 (3), p.297-317
Main Author: Gregory, Jenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Australia
Automobiles
Barracks
Cities
Cities and towns
City centres
City planners
City planning
Focusing
Government buildings
Governments
Influence
Iron compounds
Legislation
Lobbying
Mayors
Metropolitan areas
Modernization
Offices
Perth
Perth, Australia
Planning
Planning methods
Political actors
Population growth
Postwar reconstruction
Redevelopment, Urban
Regional planning
Shopping
Shopping centers
Skyscrapers
Stephenson, Gordon
Town planning
Towns
Transformations
Urban development
Urban planning
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Urban sprawl
Urban studies
Urbanists
War
Western Australia
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Summary:In the 1950s Perth, capital city of Western Australia, stood on the cusp of major development which would transform it from a nineteenth-century European city to a modern commercial city dominated by international-style skyscrapers and surrounded by sprawling suburbs. Gordon Stephenson was engaged by the state government as consultant in 1953 to prepare a plan for the metropolitan area that would guide and shape this transformation. Drawing on a range of primary sources, this paper critically examines the plan, prepared with Alastair Hepburn, focusing especially on its vision for Perth's city centre and the port city of Fremantle, and summarises Stephenson's career in Perth.
ISSN:0041-0020
1478-341X
DOI:10.3828/tpr.2012.17