Title: Understanding Amsterdam : essays on economic vitality, city life and urban form /
Authors: Deben, Léon.; Heinemeyer, W. F.; Vaart, D. van der.
Publisher: Spinhuis,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Sociology, Urban Netherlands Amsterdam.; Cities and towns Europe.; Amsterdam (Netherlands) Economic conditions.; Amsterdam (Netherlands) Social conditions.
Contents: Introduction / Leon Deben and Dick van der Vaart -- European cities, the informational society, and the global economy / Manuel Castells -- The global moment in urban evolution / Jan Nijman -- The cultural dimension in restructuring metropolises / Paul Claval -- The egalitarian city: images of Amsterdam / Susan Fainstein -- The stimulus of a little confusion / Edward Soja -- Urbanity, tolerance and public space / Lyn H. Lofland -- Thinking about culture in cities / Ulf Hannerz -- Cities as windows on the world / Ulf Hannerz -- Assimilating immigrants in Amsterdam / John Mollenkopf -- Time and the city: is there an urban history? / Donald Olsen -- Urbanity, modernity, and liberty / Donald Olsen -- Amsterdam and the question of metropolitan government / Max Barlow.