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smopolitan Place Making in Australia Immigrant Minorities and the Built Environment in Cities, Regional and Rural Areas
Cosmopolitan Place Making in Australia
Jock Collins · Branka Krivokapic-Skoko · Kirrily Jordan · Hurriyet Babacan · Narayan Gopalkrishnan
Cosmopolitan Place Making in Australia Immigrant Minorities and the Built Environment in Cities, Regional and Rural Areas
Jock Collins University of Technology Sydney Broadway, NSW, Australia
Branka Krivokapic-Skoko Charles Sturt University Bathurst, NSW, Australia
Kirrily Jordan Australian National University Galston, NSW, Australia
Hurriyet Babacan James Cook University Townsville, QLD, Australia
Narayan Gopalkrishnan Social Work and Human Services James Cook University Cairns, QLD, Australia
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Preface
This book investigates cosmopolitan place making, the historical and contemporary impact of minority ethnic communities on the built and social environment in Australian cities, rural and regional areas. Australia is one of the great countries of settler immigration, with more immigrants than most other nations: indeed, only Switzerland and Luxembourg have a higher immigrant share of the population among Western nations. Most research about immigration looks at the impact of immigrants on the economy (jobs, growth, productivity) and society (crime, conflict, social cohesion). This book presents another take on
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