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Built Environments I (DESST 1006)

e-Research topic 7

The Best Things in Life are Free

The Advertiser 26th December 2000, p.44, reported that the Adelaide Botanic gardens had, for the previous 12 months received 911,600 visitors, to be the most visited tourist attraction in South Australia. The article highlighted the fact that those attractions which do not charges attendances 'have people streaming in'. What makes the Botanic Gardens so popular?

REFERENCES

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Innes, Stuart. "Free-for-all at our top tourist spots", Advertiser, 26th December 2000, page 44

Kenihan, Geoffrey. "A chance to bloom", Advertiser, 17th March 2001, Employment section page E1

"Take tour of Aboriginal culture in Botanic Gardens", City Messenger, 3rd April 2002, page 7.

Tilbrook, Kym. "SA Tourism Awards: where the state's best shine", Advertiser, 29th November 2002, page 58.

Hockley, Catherine , "Our Top Spots: State of relaxation", Advertiser , 11th January 2003, page 29.

Books
Ringer, Greg, (ed) Destinations: cultural landscapes of tourism. London, Routledge, 1998.
Main Collection 338.4791 R581d

Kirwan, Richard, The Role of state government in the provision of urban infrastructure. Adelaide, Planning Education Foundation of South Australia, in conjunction with the University of South Australia, 1992.
Main Collection 711.40994231 R745.K

Dream green: South Australia's future in eco-tourism. Explore International Pty. Ltd. ; [... with the assistance of James Bucirde, Jodie Collins, Kristi O'Brien] Adelaide, Explore International, 1993.
Main Collection 338.47919423 E96d

Queale, Michael and Di Lernia, Nicolette. Adelaide's architecture and art: a walking guide. Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1996. See pages 57 - 94
Reference collection 720.994231 Q3a

Colwell, Max. Adelaide, an illustrated history. Joslin, S. Aust., 1981
Main Collection 994.231 C727a

Articles
"An ideally suited piece of land", Advertiser (Adelaide), 14th December 2000, page 17.

Bull, Catherin "Tourism in Australia", Landscape Australia. vol. 14, no. 2, 1992, pages 105-108.

Cheong, So-Min, Marc L. Miller. "Power and Tourism: A Foucauldian observation", Annals of Tourism Research, vol 27, no. 2, 2000, pages 371-390.

Coombes, Leonie, "Places of the Heart", Australian 23rd September 2000, page R24.

Green, B. Christine, Laurence Chalip, "Sport Tourism as the Celebration of Subculture", Annals of Tourism Research, vol. 26 no. 3, 1998, pages 589-612.

Hakim, Besim S. "Elements of Architecture: from form to place" Journal of Architectural Education, vol.47, no.3, 1993, pages 182-183.

Web sites
Botanic Gardens

Adelaide City Council

SA Tourism Commission

SA Tourism and travel attractions

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for background information.

Encyclopedia of architecture, design, engineering & construction. Wiley, New York, 1990.
Reference collection 720.3 W682e
"Landscape architecture", vol.3, pages 170-185. "Shrubs and trees", vol.4, pages 422-434.

Ching, F. D. K. Visual dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
Reference collection 720.3 C539v
Instead of an alphabetical listing, the information is clustered around basic aspects of architecture with words placed in their visual context. Included are fundamental terms relating to architectural design, history and technology.

Fleming, J. Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. 5th ed. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1998.
Reference collection 720.1 F597p
"Landscape architecture", pages 328-330. "Landscape garden", pages 330-332. "Public parks" pages 461-462.

Oxford dictionary of landscape architecture.
Reference collection 712.03
"Botanic gardens", pages 67-68.

The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design over a range of activities, building types, and environments. These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with Australian codes.

Metric handbook: planning and design data. 2nd ed. Oxford, Architectural Press, 1999.
Reference collection 721.0212 N532.2
"Landscape design", chapter 6

Time-saver standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data. 2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Reference collection 712.0212 H313t.2
Ideas for effective design for recreation areas, including pedestrian circulation, site furniture, climatic factors, facilities.

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Go to What does the Library have on my topic? for ways of improving your search results

Use INDEXES and DATABASES to find what articles or papers have been written on your topic

These databases use Boolean operators, in most cases it is safe to use the words AND or OR (with brackets) but there may be other codes used for truncation, such as an asterisk *. Search notes are provided for each database but if you don't get the results you expect, please check with the Architecture Librarian, Kay Leverett.

The databases listed below cover information on aspects of tourism and landscape design.

ARCH - indexes Australian architectural and design journals.   click here for search notes
APA-FT - indexes a range of Australian journals in the social sciences, full text of articles provided from 1995 for some 200 journals.   For search notes see ARCH
ATI:Australian Tourism Index - indexes articles from Australian journals for 1900-2000. For search notes see ARCH
Australia/New Zealand reference centre- indexes articles and newspapers from Australia and New Zealand.      click here for search notes
AHB; Australian heritage bibliography - from the Australian Heritage Commission, indexing articles on heritage issues in the natural and built environments.   For search notes see ARCH
ElectricLibrary - includes full text of major Australian newspapers, some general encyclopedias and journals.     click here for search notes
GEOBASE - an international index of articles, books and research reports on urban geography. For search techniques see ARCH
EAI: Expanded Academic Index - covers a wide range of journals. Provides full text for many of the articles.     click here for search notes
LexisNexis - a huge international database; includes full text Australian newspapers.      click here for search notes

This is only a small selection of possible databases, if you don't find what you need here, please come and see me, Kay Leverett, Architecture Librarian, or contact me by phone (8303 4659) or email: kay.leverett@adelaide.edu.au