Fluid City

<p><em>Fluid City</em> traces the transformation of the urban waterfront of Melbourne the re-vitalization of the Yarra River waterfront Melbourne Docklands and Port Philip Bay. <br><br>As the financial and industrial centre of Australia in the late nineteenth century Melbourne developed a new world exuberance. Yet the twentieth century saw Melbourne suffering from a declining industrial and economic base. The city in the 1980s was de-industrialising and the re-facing of the city to the water was a key urban strategy of the 1980s and 90s and a catalyst for economic transformation. <br><br>This book bridges significant gaps between different discourses about the city and to challenge singular ways of viewing the city.</p>