Cordula Rooijendijk

That City is Mine! (eBook, ePUB)

Urban Ideal Images in Public Debates and City Plans, Amsterdam & Rotterdam 1945 - 1995

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This thesis is about urban ideal images. It is about dreams - not fictitious beliefs, but dreams that humankind can realize tomorrow. It is about images from intellectuals, pastry cooks, urban planners and firemen. About people who deeply care about their cities, about their hopes, frustrations, anger and optimism. They describe their ideals in city debates to gain support, and try to eliminate those with different urban ideal images. They grouse, cuddle, quarrel, adore allies and blacken enemies. But are they successful? Do people change their urban ideal images because of these discussions? Does the local planning council change their plans because they conflict with ideals of citizens? The answers can be found in this book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040772409
• Artikelnr.: 75564271

Autorenporträt

Cordula Rooijendijk (1973) studied urban geography and graduated in 2001 cum laude at the University of Amsterdam, with a thesis on ideal images of Amsterdam. She carried out her PhD research at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt), under the supervision of Len de Klerk en Paul van de Laar. Together with the historians Geert Mak and Michiel Wagenaar, she has been teaching international students about Amsterdam's history. She enjoys telling stories about the city, as she has done regularly in several newspapers, journals, and books.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1 Perception is Reality
Mainspring
Perceptions
Perceptions v. reality
Urban perceptions: urban images & urban ideal images
Differences and similarities between urban ideal images
Urban ideal images in public debates
The urban intellectual
The city planner
Variable/invariable urban ideal images
Notes
Chapter 2 Researching Urban Ideal Images
What?
Where?
When?
With whom?
How?
Controversial city debates
Methods for gathering empirical data
Analysing data
Describing data
Why?
Notes
Part I 1945
1960/65
Introduction
Chapter 3 Rotterdam Basisplan
Provocation
Urban ideal images in the Basisplan debate
The urban ideal image of culturalists
The urban ideal image of progressists
The urban ideal image of city planners
Strategies in Basisplan debate
The strategies of culturalists
The strategies of progressists
The strategies of city planners
The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on the final Basisplan
Notes
Chapter 4 Kaasjager
Provocation
Urban ideal images in the Kaasjager debate
The urban ideal image of culturalists
The urban ideal image of progressists
The urban ideal image of city planners
Strategies in the Kaasjager debate
Strategies of culturalists
Strategies of progressists
Strategies of city planners
The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on the Nota Binnenstad
Notes
Conclusions Part I
Part II 1960/65
1980/85
Introduction
Chapter 5 Rotterdam Rehabilitation & redevelopment
Provocation
Urban Ideal images
The urban ideal image of culturalists
The urban ideal image of progressists
The urban ideal image of city planners
Strategies
The strategies of culturalists
The strategies of progressists
The strategies of city planners
The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans
Notes
Chapter 6 The Amsterdam Metro
Provocation
Urban ideal images
The urban ideal image of culturalists
The urban ideal image of progressists
The urban ideal image of city planners
Strategies
The strategies of culturalists
The strategies of progressists
The strategies of city planners
The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans
Notes
Conclusions Part II
Part III 1980/85
1995
Introduction
Chapter 7 Kop van Zuid
Provocation
Urban ideal images
The urban ideal image of culturalists
The urban ideal image of progressists
The urban ideal image of city planners
Strategies
The strategies of culturalists
The strategies of progressists
The strategies of city planners
The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans
Notes
Chapter 8 IJ
oevers
Provocation
Urban ideal images
The urban ideal image of culturalists
The urban ideal image of progressists
The urban ideal image of city planners
Strategies
The strategies of culturalists
The strategies of progressists
The strategies of city planners
The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans
Notes
Conclusions Part III
Chapter 9 Dedicated to the City's Future
Level 1 A Flourishing City
Level 2 A Forward
looking CBD or a Backward Centre
Level 3 Straight or Bendy, Feet or Wheels, Nuisance or Boredom...,That City is Yours! Notes, Nederlandse samenvatting (Dutch Summary).