The Randstad: A Research and Policy Laboratory by Fm Dieleman

The Randstad: A Research and Policy Laboratory by Fm Dieleman

Randstad Holland is the urbanized western part of the Netherlands. It contains the four largest cities of the country: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. The name Randstad (rim city) refers to the distinctive shape of the conurbation, a horseshoe of cities around an open agricultural and recreational area, known as the Green Heart. This book analyzes the restructuring of the region. The volume summarizes the research of the Urban Networks research program. The discussion is focused on four themes: housing, labor market and employment, infrastructure and transportation, and the provision of public services. The Randstad is internationally known as the playground of urban and regional planners. Their debates on present policy issues are extensively reviewed in the book. Teachers and students of urban change and planning, and policy makers and planners in The Netherlands and abroad will find much valuable information in this book.

ALBERTA ANDREOTTI Researcher and Sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy JUSTIN BEAUMONT Researcher in Urban Planning, Department of Planning, University of Groningen, The Netherlands JOOS DROOGLEEVER FORTUIJN Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands HARTMUT HAEUSSERMANN Professor of Sociology, Department of Urban and Regional Sociology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany ANDREAS KAPPHAN Urban Sociologist, Bureau SMS, Berlin, Germany MARTIN KRONAUER Professor of Sociology, Fachhochschule f�r Wirtschaft Berlin, Germany PETER LEE Researcher, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, UK PASCALE MISTIAEN Researcher, Institute of Social and Economic Geography, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium ENRICA MORLICCHIO Professor of Sociology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy PETER NOLLER Urban Sociologist, Institute for Sociology, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany RIETTE OOSTHUIZEN Researcher, Office for Public Management, UK WIM OSTENDORF Associate Professor of Urban Geography, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ELISE PALOMARES Researcher, National Demographic Institute, Paris, France ENRICO PUGLIESE Professor of Sociology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy PATRICK SIMON Researcher in Social Science, National Demographic Institute, Paris, France RONALD VAN KEMPEN Professor of Urban Geography, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands INGE VAN NIEUWENHUYZE Researcher, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium BERTHOLD VOGEL Sociologist, Institute for Social Research, Hamburg, Germany JAN VRANKEN Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium

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ISBN 13	9780792316497
ISBN 10	0792316495
Title	The Randstad: A Research and Policy Laboratory
Author	Fm Dieleman
Series	Geojournal Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Year published	1992-03-31
Number of pages	266
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