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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824552803321

Titolo

Global universities and urban development : case studies and analysis / / Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe

Cambridge, Mass. : , : Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, , 2008

ISBN

1-317-46966-6

1-315-70404-8

1-317-46967-4

1-282-11954-0

9786612119545

0-7656-2448-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Cities and contemporary society

Disciplina

378.1/030722

Soggetti

Community and college

Community development, Urban

Land use, Urban

Real estate development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

"Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts"--t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The university, the city, and land : context and introduction / David C. Perry and Wim Wiewel -- The university of Helsinki as a developer / Anne Haila -- From conversion to cash cow? The University of Lüneburg, Germany / Katrin B. Anacker and Uwe Altrock -- Varsity real estate in Scotland : new visions for town and gown? / Deborah Peel -- Toward downtown : spatial growth and university location in the Tokyo metropolitan area / Yuichi Takeuchi -- Mexico City and university city : a story of struggle for autonomy through land / Carlos Morales Schechinger and Sara García Jiménez -- Partnering with private corporations to build on campus : Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea / GwangYa Han and Wann Yu -- Urban and real estate development of the Central University of Venezuela's rental zone / Abner J. Colmenares



-- Development of the Jatinangor University area, Indonesia : growth problems and local responses / Wilmar Salim -- The University of Oporto and the process of urban change : an ambiguous relationship / Isabel Breda-Vázquez, Paulo Conceição, and Sónia Alves -- Academic fortress : the case of Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem / Haim Yacobi -- Interface between academy and community in contested space : the difficult dialogue / Frank Gaffikin -- The university, the city, and the state : institutional entrepreneurship or instrumentality of the state? / Wim Wiewel and David C. Perry.

Sommario/riassunto

Linking the fields of urban development, higher education administration, and urban design, this groundbreaking work provides a rich array of case studies and analysis that demonstrate the important role of the university in the growth and development of cities around the globe.