The Randstad

A Research and Policy Laboratory

By: F.M. Dieleman (Editor), S. Musterd (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 March 1992

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Randstad Holland is the urbanized western part of the Netherlands. It contains the four largest cities of the country: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. The name Randstad (rim city) refers to the distinctive shape of the conurbation, a horseshoe of cities around an open agricultural and recreational area, known as the Green Heart.
This book analyzes the restructuring of the region. The volume summarizes the research of the Urban Networks research program. The discussion is focused on four themes: housing, labor market and employment, infrastructure and transportation, and the provision of public services. The Randstad is internationally known as the playground of urban and regional planners. Their debates on present policy issues are extensively reviewed in the book.
Teachers and students of urban change and planning, and policy makers and planners in The Netherlands and abroad will find much valuable information in this book.

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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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