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The Berlin reader : a compendium on urban change and activism / Matthias Bernt, Britta Grell, Andrej Holm (eds.).

Van Pelt Library DD881.3 .B45 2013
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bernt, Matthias.
Grell, Britta.
Holm, Andrej.
Series:
Urban studies.
Urban studies
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Urbanization.
History.
Berlin (Germany)--Social conditions.
Berlin (Germany).
Urban renewal--Germany--Berlin.
Urban renewal.
Germany--Berlin.
Berlin (Germany)--Politics and government.
Urbanization--Germany--Berlin--History.
City planning--Germany--Berlin.
City planning.
Physical Description:
277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Other Title:
Compendium on urban change and activism
Place of Publication:
Bielefeld : Transcript, [2013]
Summary:
By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of the wall. It covers a wide range of issues, including inner city renewal, housing and the local economy, gentrification and other urban conflicts. The book breaks ground in two dimensions: first, by offering also non-German speakers an insight into the very controversial debates after reunification, and, second, by highlighting the ambivalent consequences of Berlin's urban transformation in the past decades. Book jacket.
Contents:
Berlin's Megalomania
Berlin Won't Remain Berlin / Hartmut Häußermann Häußermann, Hartmut, Walter Siebel Siebel, Walter 25
Berlin is Becoming the Capital - Surely and Securely / Volker Eick Eick, Volker 33
Last Exit to Alexanderplatz / Wolfgang Kil Kil, Wolfgang 47
Berlin's Urban Development Discourse: Symbolic Action and the Articulation of Hegemonic Interests / Simone Hain Hain, Simone 53
Berlin In-Between
The Barbarian East / Uwe Rada Rada, Uwe 71
Berlin: From Divided to Fragmented City?: Socio-Spatial Changes Since 1990 / Hartmut Häußermann Häußermann, Hartmut, Andreas Kapphan Kapphan, Andreas 77
Mew Lines of Division in the New Berlin / Margit Mayer Mayer, Margit 95
Exploring the Substance and Style of Gentrification: Berlin's "Prenzlberg" / Matthias Bernt Bernt, Matthias, Andrej Holm Holm, Andrej 107
Berlin On Sale
City of Talents?: Berlin's Regional Economy, Socio-Spatial Fabric and "Worst Practice" Urban Governance / Stefan Krätke Krätke, Stefan 131
The Uneven Development of Berlin's Housing Provision: Institutional Investment and Its Consequences on the City and Its Tenants / Sabina Uffer Uffer, Sabina 155
Berlin's Gentrification Mainstream / Andrej Holm Holm, Andrej 171
The Berlin Water Company: From "Inevitable" Privatization to "Impossible" Remunicipalization Ross Beveridge and Matthias Naumann 189
Berlin Contested
Berlin Diversities: The Perpetual Act of Becoming of a True Metropolis / Stephan Lanz Lanz, Stephan 207
"Berlin Does Not Love You": Notes On Berlin's "Tourism Controversy" and Its Discontents / Johannes Novy Novy, Johannes 223
The Sound of Berlin: Subculture and Global Music Industry / Ingo Bader Bader, Ingo, Albert Scharenberg Scharenberg, Albert 239
Spree Riverbanks for Everyone!: What Remains of "Sink Mediaspree"? / Jan Dohnke Dohnke, Jan 261.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
3837624781
9783837624786
OCLC:
858812390
Publisher Number:
99958368951

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