The Grand Project - Understanding the Making and Impact of Urban Megaprojects: Towards Adaptable and Liveable Urban Megaprojects - Hardcover

Christiaanse, N Hanakata K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9462084807 ISBN 13: 9789462084803

Publisher: NAI Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Large-scale megaprojects in urban development--often known as "Grands Projets"--are increasing in number all over the world. A new model for urban "regeneration" in which entire areas are reconceived in toto, they have become major drivers of economic change in cities. As such, these Grands Projets can be read as manifestations of the larger political agenda of their city, and they offer productive case studies to investigate current urban trends in a globally connected form of concentrated urbanization.

The Grand Projet looks into the adaptive and inclusive capacities that urban megaprojects can offer by focusing on sites in Paris, London, Hamburg, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona and Singapore. The book provides the first comprehensive reading of selected urban megaprojects in Asia and Europe, and a new, comparative view of their role in contemporary urban development.

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Het aantal stedelijke megaprojecten – hier Grands Projets genoemd – neemt wereldwijd toe. Ze zijn in hoge mate de drijvende kracht achter stedelijke verdichting en zijn vaak bedoeld om de stadsuitbreiding naar een hoger niveau te tillen. Als zodanig kunnen Grands Projets worden gezien als manifestaties van het groeiende belang van de economische en politieke agenda’s in steden. Ze creëren een productief moment om recente stedelijke trends te onderzoeken in de wereldwijd verbonden vorm van geconcentreerde verstedelijking.

Het boek verdiept zich in de adaptieve en inclusieve capaciteiten van stedelijke megaprojecten en biedt een nieuwe, alomvattende lezing van geselecteerde stedelijke megaprojecten in Azië en Europa met een vergelijkend overzicht van de belangrijkste momenten met betrekking tot hun rol in de hedendaagse stedelijke ontwikkeling.

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Urban Megaprojects – here referred to as Grands Projets – are increasing in number all over the world. They have become major drivers for urban intensification and oftentimes set out to take a city’s expansion to the next level. As such, Grands Projets can be read as manifestations of the larger economic and political agenda of their city and they offer a productive moment to investigate current urban trends in a globally connected form of concentrated urbanization.

The book looks into the adaptive and inclusive capacities that urban megaprojects can offer. It provides a new and for the first time comprehensive reading of selected urban megaprojects in Asia and Europe, and a comparative view of key moments regarding their role in contemporary urban development.

Edition details

• Publisher: NAI Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9462084807
• ISBN 13: 9789462084803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480