From Industrial and Residential to a Tourism Precinct: The Rocks of Sydney
- Publisher:
- IACSS 2013 Organizing Committee in partnership with National Library of Georgia
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- Proceedings of the International Academic Conference on Social Sciences, 2013
- Issue Date:
- 2013-07-27
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The transition from industrial use to a public creative use is a component of urban renewal, or public effort to revitalize aging and decaying inner cities. Urban renewal processes often involve competing needs, among these the desire to preserve historic locations and buildings, as well as the need to satisfy commercial opportunity and demands. These have sometimes translated into hard fought conflicts between developers, residents and governments about the public need and greater public good. Meanwhile, tourism has become a significant feature of the economy and urban structure of Sydney and also has played a major role in the transformation and redevelopment of industrial districts within cities that have traditionally accommodated commercial port activities. This paper explores the role of tourism in heritage places. The Rocks has always been considered as a success story of regeneration with its proposed touristic, recreational, residential and commercial activities. However, this paper argues that tourism/leisure led developments create similar urban spaces and reduction of multi-identity structures to a single city image.
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