life, work, and space in the new downtown Helbrecht, Ilse. Dirksmeier, Peter. text enk 2016 First Published monographic eng

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vi, 190 p. ill. ; maps ; 25 cm. Contents : List of Figures vii -- List of Tables ix -- Acknowledgements xi -- 1 New Downtowns : A New Form of Centrality and Urbanity in World Society Ilse Helbrecht and Peter Dirksmeier 1 -- 2 Planning Urbanity A Contradiction in Terms? Loretta Lees 23 -- 3 Public Spaces for the 21st Century Jan Gehl 39 -- 4 Waterfront Redevelopment : Global Processes and Local Contingencies in Vancouver’s False Creek David Ley 47 -- 5 Planning for Creativity : The Transformation of the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands Robert Kloosterman 61 -- 6 From the Old Downtown to the New Downtown : The Case of the South Boston Waterfront Susanne Hegg 85 -- 7 Grasping, Creating and Commercialising Trends, Styles and Zeitgeist : The Role of Urbanity with Regard to Working in Flexible, Specialised Project Networks as Illustrated by the Media Industry Ivo Mossig 107 -- 8 Major Town Planning Projects in Urban Renaissance : Structuring Property Sales for Future Urbanity ? Maike Dziomba 121 -- 9 Neighbourliness in the City Centre : Reality and Potential in the Case of the Hamburg HafenCity Ingrid Breckner and Marcus Menzl 133 -- 10 Assessment of the Effects of the Built Environment for the Organisation of Social Processes Thomas Perry 149 -- 11 Can Urbanity be Planned? Comments on the Development of Public Spaces in the HafenCity of Hamburg Claus C. Wiegandt 175 -- 12 The Virtue of Diversity Rolf Lindner 175 -- Index 187 -- List of Figures : 3.1 Illustration from New City Life 40 -- 3.2 Federation Square Melbourne a contemporary city space for people 43 -- 3.3 Melbourne street zones 44 -- 4.1 False Creek, Vancouver 52 -- 5.1 Amsterdam docklands 64 -- 6.1 View of the Government Center with harbour in the background 92 -- 6.2 Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Quincy Market 96 -- 6.3 The market for condominiums in downtown Boston (sales between January and June each year ) 101 -- 7.1 Development of turnover in the media industry in Germany in comparison with the gross democratic product (GDP) as indicator for the overall economic development 1980 – 2005 109 -- 7.2 Composition of the project network for the production of a TV movie 114 -- 8.1 Main part of the major project HafenCity (animation) 124 -- 10. 1 Wohn Wissen the analysis tool 153 -- 10.2 Example of micro geographical data: small scale milieu fluctuation 155 -- 10.3 The social milieus 158 -- List of Tables : 1.1 Characteristics of the old new downtown 5 -- 1.2 Overview of the stages of development in Kopenhagen Orestad, March 2008 8 -- 2.1 An elastic but targeted definition or urbanity for planners 34 -- 5.1 Total population and share of private housing in the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands 2005 77 -- 5.2 Economic activities in the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands ; total number of workers, firms and share of creative industries 2005 78 -- 6.1 Population development in Boston and the neighbourhood of South Boston 89 -- 8.1 General information on the major project HafenCity Hamburg 123 -- edited by Ilse Helbrecht and Peter Dirksmeier. Include index Urban renewal City planning Central business districts City and town life Sociology, Urban Urbanization Sociology urban Central business districts HT170 N49 2012 307.3/416 New urbanism: life, work, and space in the new downtown 9781409431350 9781409431367 pucpr 111208 20260114104943.0 eng