The Randstad: A Polycentric Metropolis

ISBN-13: 9780415826099 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 362 str.

Wil Zonneveld; Vincent Nadin; Bas Waterhout

Opis

The Randstad metropolitan region encompassing Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht in the western Netherlands is regarded worldwide as a model of a successful polycentric metropolis. It is widely cited as an example of an effectively functioning region made up of inter-connected small cities providing complementary functions which together provide the benefits of one larger monocentric city. The methods of strategic spatial planning, regional design and strategic projects are used as models for practitioners and students around the world. However, the functioning of this cluster of cities as a polycentric networked region is controversial both in terms of the actual relations between its component parts and in terms of the value of promoting such a relationship in policy. In short, does the Randstad really function as a polycentric metropolis? What are the costs and benefits of a Randstad metropolis? Should the concept be pursued in government policy and action and how? These questions are of critical interest within the Netherlands but also in other complex urban regions around the world. This book will provide explanations of the place of complex city regions in the globalisation process, a critical analysis of the Randstad itself and lessons for strategic planning in other metropolitan regions."

Spis treści

PART I Introduction 1. Introducing the Randstad: a polycentric metropolis PART II The origins of the Randstad 2. The making of the urban structure of the Randstad 3. Urban conf igurations in a dynamic delta landscape 4. Rotterdam: a dynamic polder city in the Randstad 5. The global petroleumscape in the Dutch Randstad: oilspaces and mindsets PART III The dynamics of a complex metropolitan region 6. Randstad Holland between functional entity and political desire 7. Randstad: spatial planning, polycentrism and urban networks 8. The Randstad and its mainports: towards new heterogeneous discourses in Dutch planning 9. Impact of social housing on the social structure of the Randstad 10. Interaction in the Delta: culture, convention and knowledge clusters in the Randstad PART IV Governance, planning and design 11. Randstad: from a spatial planning concept to a place name 12. Governance and power in the metropolitan regions of the Randstad 13. In control of urban sprawl? Examining the effectiveness of national spatial planning in the Randstad, 1958–2018 14. Probing and planning the future of the Dutch Randstad 15. The (im)possible design of the Randstad: perspectives for the future PART V Conclusion and outlook 16. Conclusion and outlook