Boomtown 2050
"Boomtown 2050: Scenarios for a Rapidly Growing City" by Richard Weller
is a definitive and profusely illustrated, deftly written 453-page
study of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia
. A descriptive
urban study, "Boomtown 2050" identifies and documents a wide variety of
differing aspects of this modern and expanding city, projecting these
trends over the next four decades. With commentary and prognostications
founded on a solid basis of meticulous and exhaustive research,
"Boomtown 2050" will admirably serve as a kind of instruction manual
and resource for anyone charged with the responsibility of planning for
a metropolis experiencing growth and expansion.
A superb and detailed
study, "Boomtown 2050" is especially recommended for academic library
Urban Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists, as
well as being an informative and fascinating study for the
non-specialist general reader with an interest in the development of
towns and cities in general, and Perth, Australia, in particular.
