Urban strategies and visions in mid-sized cities in a local and global context

Today’s cities are both juggling for position in a global context and simultaneously attending to local economical, ecological and social needs. They vie with each other to attract investment by global players in the fields of economy and science hoping of course to win jobs and greater opportunities for education. Urban Reports centres on how particularly mid-size cities are being affected by global trends and inquires into the consequences, challenges and chances resulting for local urban development. How do cities deal with the frictions and potentials arising from local interests and global powers? Representatives from six European cities – Amsterdam, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Dublin, Zagreb and Zurich – report on their fascinating visions for transforming their cities in the 21st century. The illustrated urban projects reveal different aims and creative strategies of implementation chosen by these cities. Additional theoretical contributions explore important urban issues from different viewpoints. Representative visualized data highlight distinctive aspects of the six cities.

Urban Reports thematisiert aktuelle Entwicklungsstrategien in sechs europäischen Städten vor dem Hintergrund globaler und lokaler Fragestellungen. Es handelt sich um Städte mittlerer Grösse, deren beträchtliche Dynamiken und Potentiale für die aktuelle Diskussion um Städtebau und Stadtentwicklung im 21. Jahrhundert von hohem Interesse sind. Die Publikation diskutiert die unterschiedlichen Zielsetzungen und Konzepte der sechs Städte für eine hochwertige und zukunftsorientierte Transformation des urbanen Raums.

372 S., 161 Ill. , 2009 (gta), broschiert – in englisch