{"product_id":"killing-sydney-by-elizabeth-farrelly-9781760552589","title":"Killing Sydney","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresents serious issues in a way which neither patronises or mystifies the lay reader.\u003c\/em\u003e – Paul Keating on \u003cem\u003eThree Houses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA blueprint for the future of our city in a radically changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColumnist Elizabeth Farrelly brings her unique perspective as architectural writer and former city councillor to a burning question for our times: how will we live in the future? Can our communities survive pandemic, environmental disaster, overcrowding, government greed, and big business?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing her own adopted city of Sydney, she creates a roadmap for urban living and analyses the history of cities themselves to study why and how we live together, now and into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKilling Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e is part-lovesong, part-warning: little by little, our politics are becoming debased and our environment degraded. The tipping point is close. Can the home we love survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eKilling Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you believe that Elizabeth Farrelly is expressing your long-held concerns about the state of our governments, our cities, and our environment in her Sydney Morning Herald Saturday articles, then I encourage you to get \u003cem\u003eKilling Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e and have a month of Saturdays in the one book. That's what I'll do because I most often strongly agree!\u003c\/em\u003e – Councillor Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an important book for all Aussies! Written with passion, beautiful prose, and insightful knowledge. Read and weep. More than ever we need to push pause on development and so-called \"progress\". Go Elizabeth!\u003c\/em\u003e – Di Morrissey AM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat cities need great champions. Sydney needs Elizabeth Farrelly.\u003c\/em\u003e – Adam Spencer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242711986412,"sku":"9781760552589","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781760552589-killing-sydney-1.jpg?v=1787975456","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/killing-sydney-by-elizabeth-farrelly-9781760552589","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}