http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2375 Search the Channel search http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2390 Title: Front Matter<br/><br/>Authors: Jakovich, Joanne<br/><br/>Description: Shifting economies have left the world's post-industrial cities with isolated zones of abandonment - iconic yet dormant sites that are both physically and culturally vacant. These sites are typically dislocated, contaminated, and often construed as a danger to be made safe or an economic burden to be made profitable. They exist within the urban fabric, though through disuse or disconnection, they exist distinct from that fabric. They are Urban Islands.