That City is Mine!

Preface - Chapter 1 Perception is Reality - Mainspring - Perceptions - Perceptions v. reality - Urban perceptions: urban images & urban ideal images - Differences and similarities between urban ideal images - Urban ideal images in public debates - The urban intellectual - The city planner - Variable/invariable urban ideal images - Notes - Chapter 2 Researching Urban Ideal Images - What? - Where? - When? - With whom? - How? - Controversial city debates - Methods for gathering empirical data - Analysing data - Describing data - Why? - Notes - Part I 1945-1960/65 - Introduction - Chapter 3 Rotterdam Basisplan - Provocation - Urban ideal images in the Basisplan debate - The urban ideal image of culturalists - The urban ideal image of progressists - The urban ideal image of city planners - Strategies in Basisplan debate - The strategies of culturalists - The strategies of progressists - The strategies of city planners - The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on the final Basisplan - Notes - Chapter 4 Kaasjager - Provocation - Urban ideal images in the Kaasjager debate - The urban ideal image of culturalists - The urban ideal image of progressists - The urban ideal image of city planners - Strategies in the Kaasjager debate - Strategies of culturalists - Strategies of progressists - Strategies of city planners - The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on the Nota Binnenstad - Notes - Conclusions Part I - Part II 1960/65-1980/85 - Introduction - Chapter 5 Rotterdam Rehabilitation & redevelopment - Provocation - Urban Ideal images - The urban ideal image of culturalists - The urban ideal image of progressists - The urban ideal image of city planners - Strategies - The strategies of culturalists - The strategies of progressists - The strategies of city planners - The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - Notes - Chapter 6 The Amsterdam Metro - Provocation -Urban ideal images -The urban ideal image of culturalists -The urban ideal image of progressists - The urban ideal image of city planners - Strategies - The strategies of culturalists - The strategies of progressists - The strategies of city planners - The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - Notes - Conclusions Part II - Part III 1980/85-1995 - Introduction - Chapter 7 Kop van Zuid - Provocation - Urban ideal images - The urban ideal image of culturalists - The urban ideal image of progressists -The urban ideal image of city planners - Strategies - The strategies of culturalists - The strategies of progressists - The strategies of city planners - The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - Notes - Chapter 8 IJ-oevers - Provocation - Urban ideal images - The urban ideal image of culturalists - The urban ideal image of progressists -The urban ideal image of city planners - Strategies - The strategies of culturalists - The strategies of progressists - The strategies of city planners - The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans -Notes - Conclusions Part III - Chapter 9 Dedicated to the City's Future - Level 1 A Flourishing City - Level 2 A Forward-looking CBD or a Backward Centre -Level 3 Straight or Bendy, Feet or Wheels, Nuisance or Boredom...,That City is Yours! Notes, Nederlandse samenvatting (Dutch Summary).