Urban Regimes and Strategies
Building Europe’s Central Executive District in Brussels

310 pages
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23 halftones, 36 line drawings
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6 x 9
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© 1996
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Foundations
3. The Historical Background
4. The Planning Aspect
5. The Quartier as Land Market
6. National, Ethnic, or City Interests First? The Quartier as Political Artifact
7. From the Boudoir to the Trenches: Two "Rational" Urban Games
8. In Search of Monumentality in Consumption
9. Conclusions
Appendix: Building Permit for the Centre International du Congrés
Bibliography
Index
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Foundations
3. The Historical Background
4. The Planning Aspect
5. The Quartier as Land Market
6. National, Ethnic, or City Interests First? The Quartier as Political Artifact
7. From the Boudoir to the Trenches: Two "Rational" Urban Games
8. In Search of Monumentality in Consumption
9. Conclusions
Appendix: Building Permit for the Centre International du Congrés
Bibliography
Index
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