New Era, New Station: Design in Birmingham and Rotterdam
New Street, Birmingham’s central railway station, is currently experiencing its second radical redevelopment. Its first redevelopment was in the 1960s...
Marco Bontje
Dr. Bontje is an Assistant Professor in Urban Geography in the Department of Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
25 Years of Post-Wall Change in Berlin
Kollwitzplatz, Berlin revisited My first Berlin experience was in October 1989. Only a month before the borders between East and...
Leipzig: Back to Growth, but Not for Everyone
Not so long ago, Leipzig was one of the best known and most frequently studied cases of urban shrinkage in...
The Responsible Capital: Amsterdam’s Hinterland
When Eberhard van der Laan became mayor of Amsterdam in 2010, one of his missions was to make Amsterdam a...
Parkstad Limburg: Coping with Shrinkage for Better or Worse
Shrinkage is a fate that an increasing number of cities and regions across the globe are already facing or will...
Redefining the Urban Village in Baishizhou
Until recently, the story of most urban villages in China more or less went like this. Due to the rapid...
Macau: Casino City, Tourist City… Resident City?
Gambling is officially forbidden almost everywhere in China, which of course does not mean that Chinese do not gamble. On...
Urban Nature in Hong Kong
This week, we are pleased to welcome a new author, Marco Bontje. Dr. Bontje is an Assistant Professor in Urban...
