ABSTRACT

Presenting the findings of extensive research into the development of planning tools and strategies since the early 1970s, this book addresses key issues in urban development/governance and brings together a range of different national experiences.

Helpfully divided into three sections, Framing Strategic Urban Projects sets out the study framework, with its social, policy and institutional contexts; uses up-to-date European case studies to highlight different planning issues, including new-urbanism, information networks and public partnerships; and finally makes good-practice recommendations.

Offering a systematic comparison of a wide variety of projects and providing useful case study material of these large-scale urban projects and recommendations, this book is essential reading for planners, policy makers and students interested in how to make strategic urban projects work effectively.

part |2 pages

Part I Theoretical framework

chapter 1|17 pages

Framing strategic urban projects

ByWILLEM SALET

part |2 pages

Part II Experiences of strategic projects in European city-regions

chapter 3|31 pages

Amsterdam Zuidas: The dream of ‘new urbanity’

BySTAN MAJOOR

chapter 4|31 pages

Barcelona Universal Forum 2004: culture as driver of urban economy

ByJOSÉ LUIS LÚZON BENEDICTO AND JORDI VILA CARRASCO

chapter 5|31 pages

Berlin-Adlershof: Local steps into global networks

ByMARIE BACHMANN

chapter 6|26 pages

Brussels Tour & Taxis: Entrepreneurship versus the fragmented city

ByMATHIEU VAN CRIEKINGEN, CHRISTOPHE GUISSET AND

chapter 7|27 pages

Copenhagen Ørestad: Public partnership in search of the market

BySTAN MAJOOR, JOHN JØRGENSEN

chapter 9|24 pages

Vienna Erdberger Mais: Public-sector driven long-term planning strategies

ByCHRISTINA ENICHLMAIR, AXEL BORSDORF

part |2 pages

Part III Conclusions

chapter 10|28 pages

Assessing strategic urban projects: Findings and recommendations

ByWILLEM SALET, ENRICO GUALINI