LEADER 03357nam 22006615 450 001 9910298360803321 005 20230810183411.0 010 $a3-319-02928-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-02928-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000074880 035 $a(EBL)1592712 035 $a(OCoLC)871776313 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001089789 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11700066 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001089789 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11141686 035 $a(PQKB)11181390 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1592712 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-02928-3 035 $a(PPN)176107126 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000074880 100 $a20131203d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPotsdamer Platz $eThe Reshaping of Berlin /$fby Malgorzata Nowobilska, Quazi Mahtab Zaman 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (59 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Geography,$x2211-4173 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-02927-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Stage 1: ~ 1945 Flourishing -- Stage 2: 1945 ~ 1989 Hybernation -- Stage 3: 1989 ~ 2000 Awakening -- Stage 4: 2000 ~ Belonging -- Summary: History in the Making -- Epilogue: Reflections About Potsdamer Platz. 330 $aThe redesign of Potsdamer Platz is a chief example of the struggle to revive Berlin, Germany. This central and highly visible square has undergone a series of strategic revisions to restore its vitality and so meet place-enhancing objectives. Specifically, the book critically addresses the challenging task of restoring Potsdamer Platz from a state of disintegration to a condition worthy of a world-class city, although the questions remain unanswered as to how far the objectives have been achieved. The book enables readers to become familiar with the various stages of transformation, aided by the authors? hand-drawn illustration ? a series of sketches accompanied by narrations focusing on how to critically read ?cities in transformation?. In sum, it presents an overview of the strategic process of urban regeneration. The findings from this theoretical exploration help reposition our understanding of the process of re-making a degraded city and the parallel fresh regeneration ideologies and methods. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Geography,$x2211-4173 606 $aHuman geography 606 $aSociology, Urban 606 $aArchitecture$xHistory 606 $aHuman Geography 606 $aUrban Sociology 606 $aArchitectural History and Theory 615 0$aHuman geography. 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 615 0$aArchitecture$xHistory. 615 14$aHuman Geography. 615 24$aUrban Sociology. 615 24$aArchitectural History and Theory. 676 $a356 676 $a711.550943155 700 $aNowobilska$b Malgorzata$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01061750 702 $aZaman$b Quazi Mahtab$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298360803321 996 $aPotsdamer Platz$92519977 997 $aUNINA