Author(s)

J. Holdsworth

Abstract

The City of Port Phillip is an inner-metropolitan municipality within the urban area of Melbourne. The City is on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, and has a population of over 80,000 residents. It is a mixed use area of houses, apartments, offices, retail areas and industry, with an emphasis on leisure and tourism attractions, drawing visitors from locally and overseas. It has a strongly defined urban heritage, a community committed to arts and culture and a diverse socio-economic demography. Gentrification and rising property values have altered the physical and social character of the municipality in recent years. The Council places a high priority on Cultural Vitality, Social Equity and Environmental Responsibility; three of the four ‘pillars’ of its Corporate Plan. This paper describes m

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