`Nature Strip': Australian Suburbia and the Enculturation of Nature
@article{Hogan2003NatureSA, title={`Nature Strip': Australian Suburbia and the Enculturation of Nature}, author={Trevor Hogan}, journal={Thesis Eleven}, year={2003}, volume={74}, pages={54 - 75} }
Australia is a suburban nation, with 85 percent of the 20 million people clinging to the coastal fringes of the world's largest island and oldest continent. This article explores Australian suburbia as the `third space' that mediates urbanism to `nature'. It draws on the thought of George Seddon, an important initiator of ecological history, regional geography and sub/urban politics in Australia. Seddon's insights on Australian ecosystems and Australian interpretations, namings, perceptions and…
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