Cities on Rails: The Redevelopment of Railway Stations and their Surroundings

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
1.1 Cities on rails: an introduction......Page 12
1.2.1 Two distinct types of public policy......Page 14
1.2.3 Institutional change......Page 15
1.2.5 Internationalization and metropolitanization......Page 16
1.3 Organization of the book......Page 17
2.1 Nodes and places......Page 18
2.2 Nodes of networks......Page 19
2.3 Places in the city: defining and delimitating the station as place......Page 20
2.4.1 Introduction......Page 23
2.4.3 Places......Page 24
2.4.4 Nodes and place......Page 25
2.4.5 Towards a conclusion......Page 26
3.1 The transport development perspective: the node......Page 30
3.1.1 A railway renaissance?......Page 31
3.1.2 An unfavourable context......Page 32
3.1.3 An organization in transition......Page 35
Capitalizing on strengths......Page 37
Overcoming weaknesses......Page 39
3.1.5 Development prospects 1: commuter trains and intra-metropolitan mobility......Page 40
3.1.6 Development prospects 2: high-speed trains and inter-metrop mobility......Page 41
3.1.7 Implications for station area development......Page 43
3.2 The property development perspective: the place......Page 44
Context II: in which city?......Page 45
Context II: where in the city?......Page 46
3.2.2 Developing station locations......Page 47
The accessibility issue......Page 48
3.2.3 Strengths and weaknesses of station locations: an open issue......Page 50
3.3.1 Defining the matter......Page 51
3.3.2 The Japanese example: an ideal-typical case?......Page 52
3.3.2 Towards a typology of possibilities......Page 54
4.1 Introduction......Page 58
4.2.1 The national planning systems......Page 60
Constraints on public expenditure......Page 62
The rise (and fall) of public-private partnerships......Page 63
Centralizing and decentralizing tendencies in national policy making......Page 65
4.3 Actors involved in the process......Page 68
4.4 Railway station redevelopment: the starting point for analysis......Page 69
5.1 Preamble: the national planning system......Page 76
5.2 Context: railway station area redevelopment in France......Page 77
5.3.1 The node......Page 79
5.3.3 The process......Page 81
Phase 2: planning, 1988–1990......Page 83
5.4 Property development at Euralille......Page 86
5.4.1 Functions......Page 87
5.4.2 Organization......Page 89
5.4.3 Marketing......Page 90
5.5 Euralille: evaluation......Page 92
6.1 Preamble: the national planning system......Page 96
6.2 Context: railway station area redevelopment in the Netherlands......Page 97
6.3.2 The place......Page 100
6.3.3 The process......Page 102
UCP, first round: towards the master plan......Page 103
UCP, second round: the development company......Page 105
UCP, third round: the administrative platform......Page 106
6.4.1 Hoog Catharijne......Page 110
Master plan (1993)......Page 112
Spatial-functional concept (1995)......Page 113
6.4.4 Solution guidelines (1996)......Page 114
6.4.5 VSO (1997)......Page 115
6.5 Utrecht Centrum Project: evaluation......Page 117
6.6.1 The node......Page 120
6.6.2 The place......Page 121
6.6.3 The process......Page 123
6.7.1 Objectives......Page 126
6.7.2 Programme......Page 128
6.7.3 Urban design principles......Page 130
6.7.4 Development strategy......Page 133
6.7.5 Financial framework......Page 134
6.8  The Zuidas: evaluation......Page 135
7.1 Preamble: the national planning system......Page 138
7.2 Context: railway station area redevelopment in Sweden......Page 139
7.3.2 The place......Page 141
The first phase: the Vasa Terminal—WTC, 1979–1989......Page 143
The second phase: a congress centre, 1994–2004......Page 146
7.4 Property development at Stockholm City West......Page 149
7.4.1 Background information: the reorganization and investment programmes of the Swedish railways......Page 151
7.5 Stockholm City West: evaluation......Page 154
8.1 Preamble: the national planning system......Page 158
8.2 Context: railway station area redevelopment in Switzerland......Page 159
8.3.2 The place......Page 161
Phase 1: concept planning, 1983–1986......Page 164
Phase 2: detailed planning, 1987–1991......Page 166
Phases 3 and 4: operational planning, 1992–1995, and implementation, 1994–2005......Page 167
8.3.4 The actors involved......Page 169
8.4.1 Functions......Page 170
8.4.2 Organization......Page 173
8.4.3 Marketing......Page 175
8.5 Basel EuroVille: evaluation......Page 176
8.6.2 The place......Page 178
8.6.3 The process......Page 179
Phase 1: from the initiative to the programme, 1988–1991......Page 180
Phase 2: from the programme to the plan, 1992–1994......Page 181
Phase 3: from the plan to the contracts, 1995–1996......Page 183
8.7.1 The functional concept......Page 185
8.7.2 The urban design and traffic concepts......Page 187
8.8 Zentrum Zürich Nord: evaluation......Page 189
9.1 Preamble: the national planning system......Page 192
9.2 Context: railway station area redevelopment in the UK......Page 193
9.3.1 The node......Page 195
9.3.3 The process......Page 197
The first round......Page 201
The second round......Page 202
9.4 Property development at King’s Cross railway lands......Page 207
9.4.1 The first wave......Page 208
9.4.2 The second wave......Page 211
9.4.3 Land development......Page 213
9.4.4 Transport development......Page 214
9.5 King’s Cross railway lands: evaluation......Page 215
10.1 The redevelopment of railway station areas: its urgency and complexity......Page 220
10.2 The characteristic dilemmas of station area redevelopment......Page 222
A physical dilemma......Page 223
A functional dilemma......Page 224
A temporal dilemma......Page 225
A management dilemma......Page 226
10.3 Making it happen: building a capacity to act......Page 227
10.4 Towards an agenda for research and practice: putting railway station locations in their urban-regional context......Page 229
References......Page 232
Index......Page 238