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Author Wiewel, Wim

Title Global Universities and Urban Development : Case Studies and Analysis
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (359 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1. The University, the City, and Land: Context and Introduction; Part II The University, the Devolving State, and Development; 2. The University of Helsinki as a Developer; 3. From Conversion to Cash Cow? The University of Lüneburg, Germany; 4. Varsity Real Estate in Scotland: New Visions for Town and Gown?; 5. Toward Downtown: Spatial Growth and University Location in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area; Part III The University as a Zone of Development
6. Mexico City and University City: A Story of Struggle for Autonomy through Land7. Partnering with Private Corporations to Build on Campus: Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; 8. Urban and Real Estate Development of the Central University of Venezuela's Rental Zone; 9. Development of the Jatinangor University Area, Indonesia: Growth Problems and Local Responses; 10. The University of Oporto and the Process of Urban Change: An Ambiguous Relationship; Part IV The University and the Contested City; 11. Academic Fortress: The Case of Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
12. Interface Between Academy and Community in Contested Space: The Difficult DialoguePart V Lessons Learned; 13. The University, the City, and the State: Institutional Entrepreneurship or Instrumentality of the State?; About the Editors and Contributors; About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Index
Summary The editors of ""The University as Urban Developer"" now extend that work's groundbreaking analysis of the university's important role in the growth and development of the American city to the global view. Linking the fields of urban development, higher education, and urban design, ""Global Universities and Urban Development"" covers universities and communities around the world, including Germany, Korea, Scotland, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Finland - 13 countries in all. The book features contributions from noted urban scholars, campus planners and architects, and university administrators f
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Subject Community and college -- Case studies
Community development, Urban -- Case studies
Land use, Urban -- Case studies
Real estate development -- Case studies
Community and college
Community development, Urban
Land use, Urban
Real estate development
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Perry, David C
ISBN 9781317469674
1317469674