Contracting for better places : a relational analysis of development agreements in urban development projects / Menno van der Veen.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Veen, Menno van der, 1979-

Series:

Sustainable Urban Areas, v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Urban renewal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press ; Delft : Delft University of Technology, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Large-scale urban development projects aim to create better places in underused or deteriorated areas. For their realization, cooperation between planning authorities and market parties is indispensable. This book focuses on the development agreements that these parties close. It is suitable for academics as well as practitioners.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Urban development projects and the problem of comparing contracts; Relational contract theory; Development agreements; Case study Battery Park City, New York. Plot 16/17 (The River House) and 18b (The Verdesian) in Battery Park City's North Residential Neighbourhood; Case Study Hudson Yards, New York. No. 7 subway extension; Case Study Amsterdam Zuidas. The Gershwin and Mahler4 projects; King's Cross Regent Quarter, London. The Main Site; Comparative analysis of the cases on the basis of relational contract theory

Conclusion:reflections on development agreementsReferences; Appendix A Examples of questions put to interviewees in case studies; Appendix B Case interviews; Appendix C Questions used as a basis for study of the written agreements; Summary; Samenvatting; Curriculum Vitae

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Ph.D. Delft University of Technology 2009

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-350).

ISBN:

6612454512

1-282-45451-X

9786612454516

1-60750-429-4

OCLC:

608624791