Jorgensen, Gertrud; Ostendorf, Wim; Andersson, Harri

’This volume is an essential and original contribution to European urban research...Forward looking and essential reading for advanced students and professionals alike.’ Patrick Le Galès, CEVIPOF (Sciences-Po/CNRS), France ’This is rich in ideas and other cities can take lessons.’ Built Environment '...providing a much needed geograpical extension of he urban governance research agenda into the situation in European cities, this book is a potentially welcome addition to the literature.' Urban Studies

• Contents: Introduction, Dominique Joye, Harri Andersson, Gertrud Jorgensen, Wim Ostendorf. Urban Form and Processes of Change: Measuring urbanness, Jacques Lévy; Urban form and governance: the new multi-centred urban patterns, Guiseppe Dematteis and Francesca Governa; New spaces of urban transformation: conflicting growth areas in the development of Finnish cities, Harri Andersson; Alternative models for spatial urban development: policies for the city of Oslo and the region of Viken, Karl Otto Ellefsen. Urban Qualities and Urban Life: The compact city and urban quality, Anne Skovbro; Public places and urbanness, Dominique Joye and Anne Compagnon; Participation and quality of life: experiences with local agenda 21, Lufger Basten and Lienhard Lotscher. Urban Governance and Planning: New towns and compact cities: urban planning in The Netherlands between state and market, Wim Ostendorf; Urban change, planning and the organization of everyday life. The case of Orebro, Ann-Catherine Aquist; Governing functional urban regions - is the principle of subsidiarity useful?, John Nousianen; Governing the city, Jacques Lévy ; Epilogue: globalization and the city, Robert A. Beauregard.

Jorgensen, Gertrud; Ostendorf, Wim; Andersson, Harri

’This volume is an essential and original contribution to European urban research...Forward looking and essential reading for advanced students and professionals alike.’ Patrick Le Galès, CEVIPOF (Sciences-Po/CNRS), France ’This is rich in ideas and other cities can take lessons.’ Built Environment '...providing a much needed geograpical extension of he urban governance research agenda into the situation in European cities, this book is a potentially welcome addition to the literature.' Urban Studies

• Contents: Introduction, Dominique Joye, Harri Andersson, Gertrud Jorgensen, Wim Ostendorf. Urban Form and Processes of Change: Measuring urbanness, Jacques Lévy; Urban form and governance: the new multi-centred urban patterns, Guiseppe Dematteis and Francesca Governa; New spaces of urban transformation: conflicting growth areas in the development of Finnish cities, Harri Andersson; Alternative models for spatial urban development: policies for the city of Oslo and the region of Viken, Karl Otto Ellefsen. Urban Qualities and Urban Life: The compact city and urban quality, Anne Skovbro; Public places and urbanness, Dominique Joye and Anne Compagnon; Participation and quality of life: experiences with local agenda 21, Lufger Basten and Lienhard Lotscher. Urban Governance and Planning: New towns and compact cities: urban planning in The Netherlands between state and market, Wim Ostendorf; Urban change, planning and the organization of everyday life. The case of Orebro, Ann-Catherine Aquist; Governing functional urban regions - is the principle of subsidiarity useful?, John Nousianen; Governing the city, Jacques Lévy ; Epilogue: globalization and the city, Robert A. Beauregard.