Global Universities and Urban Development: Case Studies and Analysis (Cities and Contemporary Society (Paperback)) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765620405 ISBN 13: 9780765620408

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765620405
• ISBN 13: 9780765620408
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Wiewel Wim