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In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies. Frequently, these mega-projects have been intended to transform derelict docklands into communities of hope with sustainable urban economies—economies intended to both compete in and support globally-networked hierarchies of cities. This collection engages with major theoretical debates and empirical findings on the ways waterfronts transform and have been transformed in port-cities in North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean. It is organized around the themes of fixities (built environments, institutional and regulatory structures, and cultural practices) and flows (information, labor, capital, energy, and knowledge), which are key categories for understanding processes of change. By focusing on these fixities and flows, the contributors to this volume develop new insights for understanding both historical and current cases of change on urban waterfronts, those special areas of cities where land and water meet. As such, it will be a valuable resource for teaching faculty, students, and any audience interested in a broad scope of issues within the field of urban studies.
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Transforming Urban Waterfronts
Routledge Advances in Geography
1. The Other Global City Edited by Shail Mayaram 2. Branding Cities Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism, and Social Change Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Eleonore Kofman and Catherine Kevin 3. Transforming Urban Waterfronts Fixity and Flow Edited by Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Quentin Stevens and Dirk Schubert
Transforming Urban Waterfronts Fixity and Flow
Edited by Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Quentin Stevens and Dirk Schubert
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First published 2011 by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN
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© 2011 Taylor & Francis The right of Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Quentin Stevens and Dirk Schubert to be identified as authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Transforming urban waterfronts : fixity and flow / edited by Gene Desfor . . . [et al.]. p. cm. — (Routledge advances in geography) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Urban renewal—Case studies. 2. Waterfronts—Case studies. 3. Coastal zone management—Case studies. I. Desfor, Gene. HT170.T73 2011 307.37416—dc22 2010015652 ISBN 0-203-84129-8 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN13: 978-0-415-87493-9 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-203-84129-7 (ebk)
Contents
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Fixity and Flow of Urban Waterfront Change
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GENE DESFOR AND JENNEFER LAIDLEY
PART I The Waterfront