| Preface | |
| The Restructuring of Randstad Holland | |
| The Randstad Holland | p. 1 |
| Restructuring | p. 5 |
| The present decade | p. 15 |
| The Randstad--Playground of Physical Planners | |
| Introduction | p. 17 |
| Physical planning | p. 18 |
| Fragmented government and spatial order | p. 29 |
| Final remarks | p. 34 |
| Changes in the Residential Function of the Big Cities | |
| Introduction | p. 39 |
| Long-term developments and policy: 1960-1990 | p. 40 |
| The housing situation | p. 43 |
| Population developments | p. 47 |
| Developments in residential areas | p. 53 |
| Concluding discussion | p. 59 |
| Housing and Physical Planning | |
| The link between housing and physical planning | p. 65 |
| Forty-five years of housing and spatial planning | p. 67 |
| Measurement of success: plan conformity and goal conformity | p. 76 |
| Housing shortage, residential segregation, and filtering | p. 77 |
| The bright and the dark sides of growth centers and urban renewal areas | p. 81 |
| Discussion | p. 90 |
| A World City Paradox--Firms and the Urban Fabric | |
| Introduction | p. 97 |
| Challenges of internationalization | p. 98 |
| Playground of international business | p. 100 |
| At the frontier of financial and business services | p. 104 |
| Mainports and logistics, Amsterdam and Rotterdam as hubs | p. 106 |
| International trade, contacts, and networks | p. 108 |
| Toward a global city | p. 110 |
| Deconcentration of the Randstad Metropolis and the North wing South wing divide | p. 112 |
| Subcenters challenging traditional inner-city CBDs | p. 115 |
| Evaluation | p. 117 |
| The Randstad--A Welfare Region? | |
| Introduction | p. 123 |
| The Dutch Welfare system | p. 124 |
| The welfare state and the Randstad | p. 126 |
| The welfare state as a (re)distributor of income | p. 130 |
| The welfare state as an employer and a provider of services | p. 132 |
| Conclusion | p. 136 |
| Randstad Infrastructure--Its Use and Its Deficiencies | |
| Introduction | p. 141 |
| Freight transport: growth and focus on value added | p. 144 |
| Passenger transport in the Randstad | p. 151 |
| Transport, infrastructure and the future of the Randstad | p. 158 |
| Addressing the deficiencies | p. 160 |
| Randstad Policy on Infrastructure and Transportation--High Ambitions, Poor Results | |
| Introduction and objective | p. 165 |
| Location policy in the Randstad | p. 167 |
| The Randstad and plans to improve the rail infrastructure | p. 169 |
| The Randstad and plans for road infrastructure | p. 174 |
| Implemented policy instruments | p. 178 |
| Changing the modal split and the effectiveness of policy instruments | p. 180 |
| Restrictions on mobility and the effectiveness of the policy instruments | p. 182 |
| Conclusions and recommendations | p. 187 |
| The Provision and Use of Public Services and Facilities in the Randstad | |
| Introduction | p. 193 |
| Theoretical perspectives | p. 194 |
| The performing arts | p. 198 |
| Public libraries and sports accomodations[sic] | p. 202 |
| Health care | p. 207 |
| Conclusions | p. 213 |
| Provision of Services and the Welfare State | |
| Introduction | p. 219 |
| Changing patterns and policy options | p. 220 |
| A special position for the Randstad? | p. 229 |
| Final comments | p. 233 |
| The Restructuring and Growth of the Randstad Cities--Current Policy Issues | |
| Introduction | p. 237 |
| The traditional content and context of the Dutch policy system, with particular regard to urban planning | p. 237 |
| The Fourth National Physical Planning Report as illustration of the recent policy program with respect to physical planning in general and the Randstad in particular | p. 244 |
| A concluding characterization of the policy and context of physical planning for the Randstad, with a view to the period ahead | p. 256 |
| List of Contributors | p. 263 |
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