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Abstract

Debate about urban sustainability is in some danger of splitting into narrow, technical disagreements in which value-laden questions about the purposes, meanings and lived reality of cities are easily lost. As one way of anchoring debate about urban futures in foundational questions, this paper focuses on the history of suburban ambivalence towards modern development that has helped shape Australian cities. This history offers important insights into contemporary suburban aspirations and environmentalist critique of them. It is presented here as a contribution to efforts to constitute urban sustainability as a viable democratic project built on more than expert discourses of efficiency and risk.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Davison, A
Keywords:	sustainability, suburbs, anti-suburbanism, history, modernity, values
Journal or Publication Title:	Urban Policy and Research
ISSN:	0811-1146
DOI / ID Number:	10.1080/08111140600704137
Additional Information:	The definitive version is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/
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