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Record Nr.

UNINA9910315233503321

Titolo

The Berlin reader : a compendium on urban change and activism / / edited by Matthias Bernt, Britta Grell, Andrej Holm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-8394-2478-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Urban Studies

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Urban renewal - Germany - Berlin

City planning - Germany - Berlin

Urbanization - Germany - Berlin - History

Berlin (Germany) Social conditions

Berlin (Germany) Politics and government

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.«  Elky Krasny, dérive, 55 (2014)    »Bücher wie das vorliegende helfen uns, städtische Entwicklungen zu begreifen und zu verstehen.«  Thomas Feltes, www.polizei-newsletter.de, 10 (2013)