Greening Port Misery: the green face of waterfront redevelopment in Port Adelaide, South Australia

dc.contributor.authorSzili, G.
dc.contributor.authorRofe, M.W.
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractPort Adelaide is on the cusp of an urban renaissance. Once a thriving industrial centre, economic restructuring has left the Port in a vulnerable position. Suffering from the ills of economic and environmental decline, collaborative efforts between the South Australian State Government and private sector property developers have aimed to transform the Port to a cosmopolitan and progressive landscape. While much urban regeneration literature has focused on the social and economic issues associated with such large-scale redevelopments, the environmental improvements purported by these developments are largely unexplored. A significant aspect of Port Adelaide's transformation is the deliberate mobilisation of an environmental discourse in marketing materials. These materials are key texts serving to both promote and legitimise the redevelopment. Data presented in this article problematises the purported environmental benefits associated with the marketing of Port Adelaide's redevelopment, revealing it as a rhetorical form of ‘greenwashing’. © 2007, Editorial Board, Urban Policy and Research.
dc.identifier.citationUrban Policy and Research, 2007; 25(3):363-384
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08111140701540695
dc.identifier.issn0811-1146
dc.identifier.issn1476-7244
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/49217
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoyal Australian Planning Institute Inc.
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/08111140701540695
dc.subjectenvironmental
dc.subjectgreenwashing
dc.subjectPort Adelaide
dc.subjectremediation
dc.subjectrevitalisation
dc.titleGreening Port Misery: the green face of waterfront redevelopment in Port Adelaide, South Australia
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9915911491001831

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