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The Randstad: A Research and Policy Laboratory

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Editors:
  1. Frans M. Dieleman

    1. Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
      Dutch Urban Networks Research Program, The Netherlands

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  2. Sako Musterd

    1. Dutch Urban Networks Research Program, The Netherlands
      Center for Metropolitan Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
      Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 20)

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Randstad Holland is the urbanized western part of the Netherlands. It contains the four largest cities of the country: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. The name Randstad (rim city) refers to the distinctive shape of the conurbation, a horseshoe of cities around an open agricultural and recreational area, known as the Green Heart.
This book analyzes the restructuring of the region. The volume summarizes the research of the Urban Networks research program. The discussion is focused on four themes: housing, labor market and employment, infrastructure and transportation, and the provision of public services. The Randstad is internationally known as the playground of urban and regional planners. Their debates on present policy issues are extensively reviewed in the book.
Teachers and students of urban change and planning, and policy makers and planners in The Netherlands and abroad will find much valuable information in this book.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Restructuring of Randstad Holland

    • F. M. Dieleman, S. Musterd
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Randstad: Playground of Physical Planners

    • H. van der Wusten, A. Faludi
    Pages 17-38

  4. Changes in the Residential Function of the Big Cities

    • R. B. Jobse, S. Musterd
    Pages 39-64

  5. Housing and Physical Planning

    • F. M. Dieleman, R. E. van Engelsdorp Gastelaars
    Pages 65-95

  6. A World City Paradox — Firms and the Urban Fabric

    • M. de Smidt
    Pages 97-122

  7. The Randstad — A Welfare Region?

    • R. C. Kloosterman, J. G. Lambooy
    Pages 123-139

  8. Randstad Infrastructure: Its Use and Its Deficiencies

    • P. Rietveld, W. Stam
    Pages 141-163

  9. Randstad Policy on Infrastructure and Transportation: High Ambitions, Poor Results

    • H. Priemus, P. Nijkamp
    Pages 165-191

  10. The Provision and Use of Public Services and Facilities in the Randstad

    • G. Molenaar, H. Floor
    Pages 193-218

  11. Provision of Services and the Welfare State

    • A. P. N. Nauta, H. van der Wusten
    Pages 219-236

  12. The Restructuring and Growth of the Randstad Cities: Current Policy Issues

    • A. Kreukels
    Pages 237-262

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 263-265
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Frans M. Dieleman

  • Dutch Urban Networks Research Program, The Netherlands

    Frans M. Dieleman, Sako Musterd

  • Center for Metropolitan Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Sako Musterd

  • Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Sako Musterd

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Randstad: A Research and Policy Laboratory

  • Editors: Frans M. Dieleman, Sako Musterd

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3448-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1649-7Published: 31 March 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4138-8Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3448-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 266

  • Topics: Human Geography, Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Geography, Population Economics

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