The Gold Coast is a well-known and loved destination for local and international tourists, a city of surf and sun, pleasure and leisure. However, it is also one of the fastest growing cities in Australia, occupying the largest urban footprint outside the state capitals. How did the Gold Coast come to be what it is today?

Off the Plan is the first in-depth, multidisciplinary academic study of the urbanisation and development of the Gold Coast.

Contents:
1. Considering the Gold Coast / Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, Caryl Bosman and Andrew Leach -- 2. All that glitters: An environmental history sketch of Gold Coast City / Jason Byrne and Donna Houston -- 3. Holidaying on the Gold Coast / Noel Scott, Sarah Gardiner and Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes -- 4. Transport: From cream cans and campers to city centres and commuters / Daniel O'Hare and Matthew Burke -- 5. The Gold Coast: Innovation Incubator for the Real Estate Development Industry? / Eddo Coiacetto, Sacha Reid and Andrew Leach -- 6. Changing landscapes: Gold Coast residents and the impacts of rapid urban development / Caryl Bosman -- 7. Thirty Years of Gold Coast Architecture / Andrew Leach -- 8. The politics of paradise: Intergovernmental relations and the Gold Coast / Michael Howes -- 9. The changing face of local government on the Gold Coast / Paul Burton -- 10. Selling the City / Ruth Potts, Sarah Gardiner and Noel Scott -- 11. City With/out a Plan / Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes and Severine Mayere -- 12. Looking Beyond the Horizon / Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes and Caryl Bosman.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index.