The Urban University and its Identity Roots, Location, Roles
The chapters in this book are revised versions of papers initially presented at a confer ence on Universities and their cities held in Amsterdam on March 27-29 1996. There were about one hundred participants and 45 written contributions from Europe, the US, Canada and Australia. People with differe...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | GeoJournal Library
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Table of Contents:
- 1 A Warehouse of Precious Goods: The University in its Urban Context
- I - Roots
- 2 Scholarship, Local Life, and the Necessity of Worldliness
- 3 Politics and the University
- 4 The World of Arts and the University
- II - Locations
- 5 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Earthly Planning in a Heavenly City
- 6 Louvain-Ia-Neuve: A New City for an Old University
- 7 Rome: Three Universities in Search of Actors: A Capital City Case
- 8 Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen: Universities’ Locational Interests and Urban Politics
- III - Roles
- 9 A Shared Space in a Divided Society: The Queen’s University of Belfast
- 10 Corrupt Capital, Reformed Academy: Beijing and the Identity of Beijing University, 1898–1919
- 11 Developing and Sustaining an Urban Mission: Concordia University in Montreal
- 12 The University and the City Council: The Political Interface in Portsmouth UK
- 13 Urban Change and Institutional Adaptation: The Geographical Identity of the University of Miami