Social justice and the (South African) city : retrospect and prospect
While the end of apartheid promised a more just society, gross inequalities are being perpetuated in the post-apartheid city and in society at large. South Africa may be a microcosm of a world at large. Social justice in the (South African) city
Concept ; Large town ; Model ; Theory ; Urban network
of cities from the past. There is also a presentation of contemporary theoretical approaches to matters of the functioning of largecities in networks, with attention being paid to the difficulties with measuring the inter-city linkages involved. - (BJ)
Network linkages represent one of the main features of the contemporary economy. The article discusses certain the necessary conditions underpinning such network linkages between cities, before going on to characterise selected network systems
Special issue : European cities : growth and decline
Berlin ; Demographic change ; Germany ; Largecity;Metropolis ; Political reform ; Reunification ; Urban construction ; Urban development ; Urban network ; Urban planning ; Urban population ; Urban system
In the first part of the paper the developments of the two halves of the city between 1945 and 1989 are described under the topics of political development and planning, population, housing and economic development. The second part describes
Bratislava ; Capital city ; Centrality ; Largecity ; Prospective study ; Slovak Republic ; Urban development ; Urban economy ; Urban function ; Urban geography
The establishment of the Slovak Republic in 1993, bringing the key function of capital city to Bratislava, strenghtened the tertiary and quaternary sectors. Because the city is overshadowed by the other central European metropolis, Bratislava cannot
reach the position of these command cities, but it can successfully aspire to the position of the regional centre with medium importance. The main objective of the article is to present some long-term trends and scenarios concerning Bratislava's
The A. explores the actual meaning of controlling the size of largecities , analyses rural-urban population migration and raises the idea of setting up China's city system.
The interruption of income convergence and income growth in largecities in the 1980s
are concentrated in cities, the growth of median household income in the 51 largest US cities over the 1980s is analysed, for all households and for black households. Cities more specialised in producer services at the beginning of the decade had much better growth
Capital city ; Finland ; Helsinki ; Largecity ; Town ; Urban economy ; Urban history ; Urban morphology ; Urban population ; Urban structure
In this paper author examines the urban structure and morphology of Helsinki, the capital of Finnland. Beside the historical development of the city recent changes in the demographic and economic conditions are also discussed. - (ZK)
Institutions and urban revitalization : the case of Chelsea in New York City
Années 1970-1980 ; Approche administrative ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Géographie urbaine ; Manhattan ; New York City ; Quartier ; Rénovation urbaine ; Urbanisme
Etude de la rénovation d'un quartier de Manhattan, approche institutionnelle. Conflits entre les objectifs, les valeurs et les activités d'un large éventail d'institutions et de groupes sociaux.
The linkage between immigration and internal migration in large metropolitan areas in the United States
City size ; Internal migration ; Labour market ; Model ; United States of America ; Urban economy ; Urban immigration
Large metropolitan areas suffer net losses of internal migrants for reasons other than the flow of immigrants to these localities. The finding of a significant linkage between internal migration and immigration depends on the empirical experiment
used. The models show that the net migration loss of unskilled native workers from metropolitan areas is a function of the cities's population size rather than immigrant flow to them. It is more likely the result of industrial restructuring than
There is a large choice of cities in Europe as to the position of a future federal capital. Using the location of the headquarters of European international organizations, large firms, financing firms, and taking the accessibility of the cities
into consideration. It is a system of highest level decision-making centers rather than a single capital city. The future system may see considerable change.
Metropolitan employment developments. An inquiry into some aspects of economic change in the largercity-regions of the Netherlands.
, resulting in a swelling stream of commuters. An important aim of this study was, on the basis of the available literature, to give the Dutch Physical Planning Agency a better insight into the spatial matching of homes and workplaces in city regions
Information technology and downtown restructuring: the case of New York City's financial district
Bureaux ; Centre des affaires ; Centre-ville ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Finance ; Information ; Institution financière ; Localisation ; Morphologie urbaine ; New York City ; Technologie ; Tertiaire supérieur
Business district ; Finance ; Financial institution ; Information ; Inner city ; Location ; New York City ; Offices ; Quaternary sector ; Technology ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban morphology
Advances in building and business technology have been accomodated through refitting existing sites. The large horizontal footplates that exceed the size of traditional sites have loosened the concentrated business district location. Large financial