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    A Test of Character: Regulating Place-identity in Inner-city Melbourne

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    Dovey, K; Woodcock, I; Wood, S
    Date
    2009-11-01
    Source Title
    Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
    Publisher
    SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Dovey, Kimberly; Woodcock, Ian
    Affiliation
    Architecture, Building and Planning
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    Dovey, K., Woodcock, I. & Wood, S. (2009). A Test of Character: Regulating Place-identity in Inner-city Melbourne. URBAN STUDIES, 46 (12), pp.2595-2615. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009344229.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/29470
    DOI
    10.1177/0042098009344229
    Abstract
    <jats:p> During the 1990s, urban planning in Melbourne changed from prescriptive regulation to a place-based performance framework with a focus on existing or desired ‘urban character’. This paper is a case study of a contentious urban project in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy: a highly valued place characterised as an irregular and transgressive mix of differences: between building types, functions, forms, heights and people. Contrasting conceptions, experiences and constructions of ‘character’ are explored from the viewpoints of residents, architect/developer and the state. To what degree does the regulation of ‘character’ open or close the city to creative innovation? Can it become camouflage for creative destruction? How to regulate for irregularity? The paper concludes with a discussion of theories of place (Massey vs Heidegger) and the prospects of concepts such as habitus (Bourdieu) and assemblage (Deleuze) for the interpretation of a progressive sense of place. </jats:p>
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    Urban and Regional Planning

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