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Essays in Economic Vitality, City Life and Urban Form
Leon Deben (Associate Professor of Urban Sociology, University of Amsterdam), Willem Heinemeijer (formerly Professor of Human Geography, University of, Dick van der Vaart (Urban Sociologist, University of Amsterdam, The
Deben, Leon Heinemeijer, Willem van der Vaart, Dick
ISBN: 9789055891481
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Transaction Publishers
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Edition: 2nd
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The essays on economic vitality, city life and urban form suggest new ways of thinking about Amsterdam. They give an impression as to how Amsterdam has been dealing with urban growth, and how the city fared through the ages of suburbanisation and globalization…
In a recent survey on politics, economy, environment, safety, health, education and traffic in central cities, Amsterdam ranked among the ten best places to live. The reasons why can be found in Understanding Amsterdam. Essays by ten prominent social scientists, among them Manuel Castells, Edward Soja and Susan Fainstein, present views on changes in the economy, and the cultural and spatial layout of Amsterdam, suggesting new ways of thinking about Amsterdam. They discuss urban growth and how the city has fared through the ages of suburbanization and globalization. The local situation is explored from different perspectives. The stories depict how a city with an impressive historical past is continuously adapting to change.
| ISBN | 9055891487 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9789055891481
(What's this?) | | Pages | 301 | | Publisher | Transaction Publishers | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Transaction Publishers | | Weight (grammes) | 499 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | Somerset, NJ | | Publication date | 01 Aug 2001 | | Height (mm) | 227 | | Non-book description | xii, 301 p. ; | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | 2001349565 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY | 307.7609492352 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Introduction by Leon Deben and Dick van der Vaart | | | | | | European cities, the informational society, and the global economy by Manuel Castells | | 1 | | | | The global moment in urban evolution by Jan Nijman | | 19 | | | | The cultural dimension in restructuring metropolises by Paul Claval | | 59 | | | | The egalitarian city: images of Amsterdam by Susan Fainstein | | 93 | | | | The stimulus of a little confusion by Edward Soja | | 117 | | | | Urbanity, tolerance and public space by Lyn H. Lofland | | 143 | | | | Thinking about culture in cities by Ulf Hannerz | | 161 | | | | Cities as windows on the world by Ulf Hannerz | | 179 | | | | Assimilating immigrants in Amsterdam by John Mollenkopf | | 197 | | | | Time and the city: is there an urban history? by Donald Olsen | | 219 | | | | Urbanity, modernity, and liberty by Donald Olsen | | 229 | | | | Amsterdam and the question of metropolitan government by Max Barlow | | 249 | | | | On the authors | | 300 | | | | Table of contents | | 302 |
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