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Record Nr.

UNINA9910315233503321

Titolo

The Berlin Reader : A Compendium on Urban Change and Activism / Matthias Bernt, Britta Grell, Andrej Holm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2014

2014, c2013

ISBN

9783839424780

383942478X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Urban Studies

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Berlin

Urban Studies

Urban Planning and Development

Architecture

Urbanity

Urban Planning

Social Geography

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1 Contents    5 Preface    9 Introduction    11 Berlin Won't Remain Berlin    25 Berlin is Becoming the Capital - Surely and Securely    33 Last Exit to Alexanderplatz    47 Berlin's Urban Development Discourse    53 The Barbarian East    71 Berlin: From Divided to Fragmented City?    77 New Lines of Division in the New Berlin    95 Exploring the Substance and Style of Gentrification: Berlin's "Prenzlberg"    107 City of Talents?    131 The Uneven Development of Berlin's Housing Provision    155 Berlin's Gentrification Mainstream    171 The Berlin Water Company    189 Berlin Diversities    207 "Berlin Does Not Love You"    223 The Sound of Berlin    239 Spree Riverbanks for Everyone!    261 Copyright Information    275

Sommario/riassunto

By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban



development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of the wall. It covers a wide range of issues, including inner city renewal, housing and the local economy, gentrification and other urban conflicts.The book breaks ground in two dimensions: first, by offering also non-German speakers an insight into the very controversial debates after reunification, and, second, by highlighting the ambivalent consequences of Berlin's urban transformation in the past decades.

»Der ›Berlin Reader‹ [gibt] als profunde Einführung einen kritischen Überblick über Stadtentwicklung, Debatten und Aktivismus in Berlin seit den 1990er Jahren.«

»Bücher wie das vorliegende helfen uns, städtische Entwicklungen zu begreifen und zu verstehen.«

"As a profound introduction, the 'Berlin Reader' [provides] a critical overview of urban development, its accompanying debates, and activism in Berlin since the 1990s."