The Globalized City: Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities

by Frank Moulaert, Arantxa Rodriguez, Erik Swyngedouw

Overview

This book explores the dynamics that have accompanied the implementation of large-scale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) in nine European cities within the European Union (EU). The principal aim is to show how the production of these new urban spaces is actually also part of the production of a new polity, a new economy, and new forms of living urban life that are not very promising for a socially harmonious and just future for metropolitan urban Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199260409
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/05/2003
Series:	Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

University of Oxford

Table of Contents

Introduction, Erik Swyngedouw, Frank Moulaert, and Arantxa Rodriguez1. 'The World in a Grain of Sand': Large-Scale Urban Development Projects and the Dynamics of 'Glocal' Transformations, Erik Swyngedouw, Frank Moulaert, and Arantxa Rodriguez2. Urban Restructuring, Social-Political Polarization, and New Urban Policies, Arantxa Rodriguez, Erik Swyngedouw, and Frank Moulaert3. Large-Scale Urban Development Projects, Urban Dynamics, and Social Polarization: A Methodological Reflection, Frank Moulaert, Arantxa Rodriguez, and Erik Swyngedouw4. The Olympic Village: A Redevelopment Marathon in Greater Athens, Pavlos-Marinos Delladetsima5. Gambling, Politics, or Successful Entrepreneurialism? The Orestad Project in Copenhagen, John Andersen6. Facing Fiscal Crisis: Urban Flagship Projects in Berlin, Harmut H"aussermann and Katja Simons7. Old Elites in a New City: Restructuring the Leopold Quarter and the Europeanization of Brussels, Guy Baeten8. Competitive City: Governance and the Changing Dynamics of Urban Regeneration in Dublin, Brendan Bartley and Kasey Treadwell Shine9. Modernizing or Polarizing Vienna?, Vanessa Redak, Andreas Novy, and Joachim Becker10. Restructuring Cities: Miracles and Mirages in Urban Revitalization in Bilbao, Arantxa Rodriguez and Elena Martinez11. Urban Development for Competitiveness and Cohesion: The Expo '98 Urban Project in Lisbon, Joao Cabral and Berta Rato12. Business as Usual: The Naples Business District (Centro Direzionale di Napoli), Serena Vicari Haddock13. The Contradictions of Urbanizing Globalization, Erik Swyngedouw, Frank Moulaert, and Arantxa Rodriguez