Tag Archives: Construction Heritage

Melbourne: Garden City: Part 4 – Urban Sprawl Issues

Like many urban environments, Melbourne faces significant social and environmental issues relating to its large urban footprint and urban sprawl and subsequent demand for infrastructure and services. Before further examination of this and to gain further perspective, its urban geography is considered. Urban Sprawl in the Garden City [Image Source] …

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Melbourne: Garden City: Part 3 – Public Transport Facilities

Despite the fact that Melbourne has a very high dependency on cars for transport, particularly in the outer suburban areas, with a total of 3.6 million private vehicles using 22,320 km (13,870 miles) of road, and one of the highest lengths of road per capita in the world, the city has an increasingly …

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Melbourne: Garden City: Part 1 – Historical Development

Pre-European Settlement Before the arrival of European settlers, the area was occupied by hunter-gatherers from three indigenous regional tribes: the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung and Wathaurong. It was an important meeting place for the Kulin nation alliance clans and critically a source of food and water. European Settlement 1803-1851 The first European settlement in Victoria was established in 1803, at Sullivan …

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Premier Expo welcomes you to participation in the 12th International BuildTech'2014 Trade Fair in Kiev!

Kyiv meets current events focused and united. All the governmental services and organizations, subway, auto transportation, railway stations, airports, banks, shops are working smoothly. The situation is being stabilized now. Thus the 12th International Exhibition for Building, Road, Mining and Specialized Machinery, Equipment and Technology – BuildTech’2014 will be held …

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Cape Town: The Mother City: Part 3: Historic Architecture

Cape Town has a number of historic buildings, many of which are still in use today and open to visitors. A chronological overview is portrayed here. Castle of Good Hope 1666-1679 The Castle of Good Hope that stands today was erected by the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) (VOC), …

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Cape Town : Mother City : Part 1 : Settlement History

Cape Town is the oldest city in ‘the Rainbow Nation’ of South Africa and the legislative capital of South Africa housing its National Parliament.  It the most popular  international tourist destination in South Africa and in Africa as a whole and the largest city and provincial capital of the Western …

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