Cities in Transition Globalization, Political Change and Urban Devel
This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive eventualities in the process of urban restruc
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The GeoJournal Library Volume 83 Managing Editor:
Max Barlow, Concordia University, Toronto, Canada
Founding Series Editor: Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany
Editorial Board:
Paul Claval, France Yehuda Gradus, Israel Risto Laulajainen, Sweden Sam Ock Park, South Korea Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Cities in Transition Globalization, Political Change and Urban Development
Edited by
RITA SCHNEIDER-SLIWA Department of Geosciences, Urban and Regional Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
1-4020-3866-6 (HB) 978-1-4020-3866-2 (HB) 1-4020-3867-4 (e-book) 978-1-4020-3867-9 (e-book)
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Originally published in German: Schneider-Sliwa, R. (ed.) 2002. Städte im Umbruch. Die Neustrukturierung von Berlin, Brüssel, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Stadt, HongKong, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, Moskau, St Petersburg, Sarajewo und Wien. Dietrich Reimer Verlag GmbH, Berlin. Translation financed by the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Basel. Translated by Françoise Hänggi. Layout by Charlotte Ciprian, Regula Egli and Edith Beising.
Funded by European Union (ERBIC 18CT 970152)
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Table of Contents
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1
Global and local forces in cities undergoing political change Rita Schneider-Sliwa .......................................................................................1
GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXTS 2
Berlin: Coping with the past – looking ahead Karl Lenz ..........................................................................................................9 2.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................9 2.2 Political-economic developments, review and starting point ..................9 2.2.1 Berlin as capital of Germany 1871–1945 ....................................9 2.2.2 Changes in the geopolitical location..........................................11 2.2.3 Political insecurity and transfer of central functions .................11 2.3 Population explosion or stagnation ........................................................13 2.3.1 Population growth since reunification .......................................13 2.3.2 Medium-term forecasts ..............................................................14 2.4 Structural change in the economy: Industrial and services secto
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