This book explores the dynamics that have accompanied the implementation of large-scale Urban Development Projects (UDPs) in nine European cities within the European Union (EU). The principal aim is to show how the production of these new urban spaces is actually also part of the production of a new polity, a new economy, and new forms of living urban life that are not very promising for a socially harmonious and just future for metropolitan urban Europe.

• Introduction


• 1: Erik Swyngedouw, Frank Moulaert, and Arantxa Rodriguez: 'The World in a Grain of Sand': Large-Scale Urban Development Projects and the Dynamics of 'Glocal' Transformations


• 2: Arantxa Rodriguez, Erik Swyngedouw, and Frank Moulaert: Urban Restructuring, Social-Political Polarization, and New Urban Policies


• 3: Frank Moulaert, Arantxa Rodriguez, and Erik Swyngedouw: Large-Scale Urban Development Projects, Urban Dynamics, and Social Polarization: A Methodological Reflection


• 4: Pavlos-Marinos Delladetsima: The Olympic Village: A Redevelopment Marathon in Greater Athens


• 5: John Andersen: Gambling, Politics, or Successful Entrepreneurialism? The Orestad Project in Copenhagen


• 6: Harmut H^"aussermann and Katja Simons: Facing Fiscal Crisis: Urban Flagship Projects in Berlin


• 7: Guy Baeten: Old Elites in a New City: Restructuring the Leopold Quarter and the Europeanization of Brussels


• 8: Brendan Bartley and Kasey Treadwell Shine: Competitive City: Governance and the Changing Dynamics of Urban Regeneration in Dublin


• 9: Vanessa Redak, Andreas Novy, and Joachim Becker: Modernizing or Polarizing Vienna?


• 10: Arantxa Rodriguez and Elena Martinez: Restructuring Cities: Miracles and Mirages in Urban Revitalization in Bilbao


• 11: Joao Cabral and Berta Rato: Urban Development for Competitiveness and Cohesion: The Expo '98 Urban Project in Lisbon


• 12: Serena Vicari Haddock: Business as Usual: The Naples Business District (Centro Direzionale di Napoli)


• 13: Erik Swyngedouw, Frank Moulaert, and Arantxa Rodriguez: The Contradictions of Urbanizing Globalization