1st Edition

The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

By Leo van den Berg, Antonio Russo Copyright 2004
348 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

345 Pages
by Routledge

Student communities are without doubt a strategic resource for urban development and students are the citizens and the high-skilled working class of tomorrow. They are seen as an 'invisible population' with little say in local policy and decision-making. Co-operation between educational institutions and city planners is often missing and cities tend to neglect the universities' foreign relations.... Read more
Contents: Background issues and research methodology; Birmingham case study; Eindhoven case study; Helsinki case study; Lille case study; Lyon case study; Munich case study; Rotterdam case study; Utrecht case study; Venice case study; Comparative analysis and policy guidelines; Annex: list of discussion partners; References.

Biography

Professor Dr. Leo van den Berg and Dr. Antonio Russo undertake research at the European Institute for Comparative Urban Research (EURICUR) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

’...will interest researchers and policy makers in the fields of town planning, urban renewal, higher education and community relations.’ European Sources Online