Wim Wiewel, David C. Perry

Global Universities and Urban Development

Case Studies and Analysis: Case Studies and Analysis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The editors of "The University as Urban Developer" now extend that work's groundbreaking analysis of the university's important role in the growth and development of the American city to the global view. Linking the fields of urban development, higher education, and urban design, "Global Universities and Urban Development" covers universities and communities around the world, including Germany, Korea, Scotland, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Finland - 13 countries in all.The book features contributions from noted urban scholars, campus planners and architects, and university administrators from all the countries represented. They provide a wide-angled perspective of the issues and practices that comprise university real estate development around the globe. A concluding chapter by the editors offers practical evaluations of the many cases and identifies best practices in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780765620408
• ISBN-10: 0765620405
• Artikelnr.: 41782153

Autorenporträt

David C. Perry is Director and Professor at the Great Cities Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of more than one hundred reports, articles, nine books, and most recently edited The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis along with Wim Wiewel. His research interests are in urban policy and the political economy of urban institutions, particularly universities in the comparative and global contexts. Wim Wiewel is Professor of Public Affairs and Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Baltimore. He was previously Dean of the College of Business Administration and Dean of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author / editor of seven books and over fifty articles and chapters on economic development, suburban sprawl, and university real estate. He is a former president of the Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I Introduction 1. The University, the City, and Land: Context
and Introduction Part II The University, the Devolving State, and
Development 2. The University of Helsinki as a Developer 3. From Conversion
to Cash Cow? The University of Lüneburg, Germany 4. Varsity Real Estate in
Scotland: New Visions for Town and Gown? 5. Toward Downtown: Spatial Growth
and University Location in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Part III The
University as a Zone of Development 6. Mexico City and University City: A
Story of Struggle for Autonomy through Land 7. Partnering with Private
Corporations to Build on Campus: Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea 8. Urban
and Real Estate Development of the Central University of Venezuela's Rental
Zone 9. Development of the Jatinangor University Area, Indonesia: Growth
Problems and Local Responses 10. The University of Oporto and the Process
of Urban Change: An Ambiguous Relationship Part IV The University and the
Contested City 11. Academic Fortress: The Case of Hebrew University on
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 12. Interface Between Academy and Community in
Contested Space: The Difficult Dialogue Part V Lessons Learned 13. The
University, the City, and the State: Institutional Entrepreneurship or
Instrumentality of the State?