Amsterdam Human Capital

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Amsterdam Human Capital / Sako Musterd and Willem Salet (eds.).

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The changing spatial organization of the city of Amsterdam reflects a larger-scale process: the familiar shape of Western cities is changing across the globe. For centuries, the urban core was taken for granted as the focal point for international contacts and day-to-day activities. The essays colle...

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VerfasserIn:
Musterd, Sako,
TeilnehmendeR:
Salet, W. G. M.
Musterd, Sako.
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2003.
©2003.
Year of Publication:2003
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 The Emergence of the Regional City / Musterd, Sako / Salet, Willem
  • 2. AMSTERDAM IN RETROSPECT
  • 2.1. Amsterdam as the "Compleat Citie / Mak, Geert
  • 2.2. Between Civic Pride and Mass Society / Wagenaar, Michiel
  • 2.3. The Historical Roots of the Daily Urban System / Schmal, Henk
  • 2.4. The Economic Restructuring of the Historic City Center / Terhorst, Pieter / Ven, Jacques van de
  • 3. THE CURRENT STATE: DILEMMAS AND PERSPECTIVES
  • A. The Economic, Infrastructural and Environmental Dilemmas of Spatial Development
  • 3.1. The Randstad: The Creation of a Metropolitan Economy / Tordoir, Pieter
  • 3.2. Transport and Land Use Concepts for the Emerging Urban Region / Bertolini, Luca / Clercq, Frank le / Kapoen, Loek
  • 3.3. Utilities as Tools for Shaping the City / Wolsink, Maarten
  • 3.4. Regional Greenbelts and the Problem of Institutional Fragmentation / Schendelen, Marijke van
  • B. The Social Dilemmas of Spatial Development
  • 3.5. Understanding Segregation in the Metropolitan Area of Amsterdam / Musterd, Sako / Ostendorf, Wim
  • 3.6. The Metropolitan Population / Cortie, Cees
  • 3.7. Amsterdam Human Capital: What About Children? / Karsten, Lia
  • 3.8. Public Space and the Homeless in Amsterdam / Deben, Leon
  • C. The Political and Institutional Dilemmas of Spatial Development
  • 3.9. Voting in an Old and a New Town / Deurloo, Rinus / Vos, Sjoerd de / Wusten, Herman van der
  • 3.10. Spatial Detachment and New Challenges of Metropolitan Governance / Salet, Willem / Jong, Martin de
  • 4. PROSPECTS OF URBANITY: NEW CULTURAL IDENTITIES?
  • 4.1. Landscapes of Power in Amsterdam? / Gastelaars, Rob van Engelsdorp
  • 4.2. Mixed Embeddedness and Post-Industrial Opportunity Structures / Kloosterman, Robert
  • 4.3. Identity and Legitimacy in the Amsterdam Region / Dijkink, Gertjan / Mamadouh, Virginie
  • 5. CONCLUDING CONSIDERATIONS
  • 5.1. Strategic Dilemmas Facing the Amsterdam Region / Musterd, Sako / Salet, Willem
  • List of Copyrights
  • Index

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