Table of Contents

Table of Contents - 6 Preface - 10 Chapter 1 Perception is Reality - 16 Mainspring - 16 Perceptions - 16 Perceptions v. reality - 18 Urban perceptions: urban images & urban ideal images - 19 Differences and similarities between urban ideal images - 20 Urban ideal images in public debates - 22 The urban intellectual - 23 The city planner - 24 Variable/invariable urban ideal images - 25 Notes - 27 Chapter 2 Researching Urban Ideal Images - 32 What? - 32 Where? - 33 When? - 34 With whom? - 34 How? - 35 Controversial city debates - 35 Methods for gathering empirical data - 36 Analysing data - 41 Describing data - 54 Why? - 55 Notes - 56 Part I 1945-1960/65 - 74 Introduction - 75 Chapter 3 Rotterdam Basisplan - 82 Provocation - 82 Urban ideal images in the Basisplan debate - 83 The urban ideal image of culturalists - 83 The urban ideal image of progressists - 86 The urban ideal image of city planners - 88 Strategies in Basisplan debate - 93 The strategies of culturalists - 93 The strategies of progressists - 95 The strategies of city planners - 96 The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on the final Basisplan - 99 Notes - 100 Chapter 4 Kaasjager - 116 Provocation - 116 Urban ideal images in the Kaasjager debate - 116 The urban ideal image of culturalists - 116 The urban ideal image of progressists - 118 The urban ideal image of city planners - 119 Strategies in the Kaasjager debate - 121 Strategies of culturalists - 121 Strategies of progressists - 125 Strategies of city planners - 127 The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on the Nota Binnenstad - 130 Notes - 134 Conclusions Part I - 148 Part II 1960/65-1980/85 - 160 Introduction - 161 Chapter 5 Rotterdam Rehabilitation & redevelopment - 168 Provocation - 168 Urban Ideal images - 168 The urban ideal image of culturalists - 169 The urban ideal image of progressists - 173 The urban ideal image of city planners - 178 Strategies - 183 The strategies of culturalists - 183 The strategies of progressists - 186 The strategies of city planners - 188 The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - 193 Notes - 197 Chapter 6 The Amsterdam Metro - 224 Provocation - 224 Urban ideal images - 225 The urban ideal image of culturalists - 226 The urban ideal image of progressists - 231 The urban ideal image of city planners - 234 Strategies - 239 The strategies of culturalists - 239 The strategies of progressists - 245 The strategies of city planners - 248 The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - 252 Notes - 258 Conclusions Part II - 302 Part III 1980/85-1995 - 318 Introduction - 319 Chapter 7 Kop van Zuid - 324 Provocation - 324 Urban ideal images - 325 The urban ideal image of culturalists - 325 The urban ideal image of progressists - 329 The urban ideal image of city planners - 335 Strategies - 340 The strategies of culturalists - 340 The strategies of progressists - 342 The strategies of city planners - 344 The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - 350 Notes - 356 Chapter 8 IJ-oevers - 374 Provocation - 374 Urban ideal images - 375 The urban ideal image of culturalists - 376 The urban ideal image of progressists - 383 The urban ideal image of city planners - 387 Strategies - 393 The strategies of culturalists - 393 The strategies of progressists - 398 The strategies of city planners - 399 The influence of urban ideal images in the public debate on final city plans - 405 Notes - 410 Conclusions Part III - 444 Chapter 9 Dedicated to the City's Future - 458 Level 1 A Flourishing City - 459 Level 2 A Forward-looking CBD or a Backward Centre - 462 Level 3 Straight or Bendy, Feet or Wheels, Nuisance or Boredom... - 465 That City is Yours! - 477 Notes - 481 Nederlandse samenvatting (Dutch Summary) - 484

About the Author

Cordula Rooijendijk (1973) studied urban geography and graduated in 2001 cum laude at the University of Amsterdam, with a thesis on ideal images of Amsterdam. She carried out her PhD research at the Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt), under the supervision of Len de Klerk en Paul van de Laar. Together with the historians Geert Mak and Michiel Wagenaar, she has been teaching international students about Amsterdam’s history. She enjoys telling stories about the city, as she has done regularly in several newspapers, journals, and books.