Beyond urban conservation in inner city areas

The post-war period has seen attitudes towards the future of inner city areas change diametrically. The immediate post-war optimism for a prosperous future which saw some inner city areas being totally redeveloped following a Modernist approach has been replaced by a static notion of urban conservation which is quickly being accepted as conventional wisdom. This project moves towards resolving the conflict between development and conservation in Australian inner city areas by introducing theory which links history, place and culture and through a practical case study of Battery Point in Hobart.