The city and the railway in the world from the nineteenth century to the present. (2022)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The city and the railway in the world from the nineteenth century to the present. (2022)
- Main Title:
- The city and the railway in the world from the nineteenth century to the present
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Ralf Roth, Paul Van Heesvelde.
- Editors:
- Roth, Ralf
Heesvelde, Paul van - Contents:
- Introduction Ralf Roth Part 1: Some General AssumPtions on the Topic 1. The City and the Railway in the World: Looking Back over Two; Centuries Ralf Roth Part 2: Cities in a Wider Context: the Role of National and Continental Railway Networks In The Development of Cities 2. Tracks Laid in Muddy Streets: Chicago’s Perilous Transition from Frontier Town to Industrial City Ted R. Mitchell 3. A Comparative Study of the Impact of Railway Stations on Madobi and Kwankwaso Towns in the Kura District of Kano Emirate Shehu Tijjani Yusuf 4. Railroads and the Urban Trans-Chicago West, 1865–1925 H. Roger Grant 5. Bombay and its Hinterland(s): Railways and the Making of Colonial Western India, 1853–c. 1900 Ian Johnstone Kerr Part 3: The Railway station: New Entrance to the City and its Multiple Meanings 6. Inventing the Future. Early Railway Station Planning and Mechelen’s ‘Central Station’, 1835–1845 Paul van Heesvelde 7. Railways in Prague: Tying and Cutting the Gordian Knot Martin Kvizda 8. Putting a Station in its Place: 30th Street Station and its Relationship to Philadelphia’s Urban Fabric Albert J. Churella 9. ‘Capital Politics’ through Railways: The Opening Ceremonies of Railway Stations in Nineteenth-Century Bucharest Octavian O. Silvestru 10. The Railways and the City in the History of Indian Political Practice Lisa Mitchell 11. Save Haydarpaşa: A Train Station as Object of Conflicting Visions of the Past Malte Fuhrmann 12. The Conservation of Railway Stations in Mexico: AIntroduction Ralf Roth Part 1: Some General AssumPtions on the Topic 1. The City and the Railway in the World: Looking Back over Two; Centuries Ralf Roth Part 2: Cities in a Wider Context: the Role of National and Continental Railway Networks In The Development of Cities 2. Tracks Laid in Muddy Streets: Chicago’s Perilous Transition from Frontier Town to Industrial City Ted R. Mitchell 3. A Comparative Study of the Impact of Railway Stations on Madobi and Kwankwaso Towns in the Kura District of Kano Emirate Shehu Tijjani Yusuf 4. Railroads and the Urban Trans-Chicago West, 1865–1925 H. Roger Grant 5. Bombay and its Hinterland(s): Railways and the Making of Colonial Western India, 1853–c. 1900 Ian Johnstone Kerr Part 3: The Railway station: New Entrance to the City and its Multiple Meanings 6. Inventing the Future. Early Railway Station Planning and Mechelen’s ‘Central Station’, 1835–1845 Paul van Heesvelde 7. Railways in Prague: Tying and Cutting the Gordian Knot Martin Kvizda 8. Putting a Station in its Place: 30th Street Station and its Relationship to Philadelphia’s Urban Fabric Albert J. Churella 9. ‘Capital Politics’ through Railways: The Opening Ceremonies of Railway Stations in Nineteenth-Century Bucharest Octavian O. Silvestru 10. The Railways and the City in the History of Indian Political Practice Lisa Mitchell 11. Save Haydarpaşa: A Train Station as Object of Conflicting Visions of the Past Malte Fuhrmann 12. The Conservation of Railway Stations in Mexico: A Pending Issue Monica Solórzano Gil Part 4: Urban Rails and How They Affected, and Still Affect, the City 13. Private Railways as Urban Developers in Japan Oliver Mayer and Anthony Robins 14. The Unfinished Dream of ‘Workplace and Dwelling Proximity’: Development of Private Railway Companies and Areas on Railway Lines in Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Areas; ; Shuichi Takashima 15. Creation of the Railway Culture through Marketing and Consumption: A Case Study of Tama, West Tokyo Nobuhiro Yanagihara 16. From Viaducts to Vandalism: The London and Greenwich Railway, 1834–1840 Alex Werner 17. The B&O Railroad and the Changing Use of Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, 1829–1865 David H. Schley 18. Brusselʼs Jonction as the Heart Valve in Belgium’s Splintered Body Micheline Nilsen 19. Birth of a Commuter Society: Workmens’ Trains in Belgium, 1870–1914 Donald Weber 20. Can We Find Historical Evidence of the Existence of Wider Benefits from Urban Rail Projects? The Case of the Liverpool Overhead Railway John Dodgson 21. The Experience and Image of American Elevated Railways: Rapid Transit Infrastructure in the Urban Consciousness Gordon Benedict Hansen Part 5: Railways in Troubled Waters and their Return at the End of the Twentieth Century 22. The German Federal Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn ) and the Process of Suburbanisation after 1945 Christopher M. Kopper 23. Light Rail Renaissance in European Cities: Urban Mobility Agenda and City Renewals Massimo Moraglio 24. A Symbiotic Relationship: The Delhi Metro Rail and the National Capital Region Anupama Mann 25. Urban Mega Projects and Civic Conflict: The Case of the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project in India Ramachandraiah Chigurupati … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 385.09
Railroads -- Social aspects -- History
Cities and towns -- Growth -- History
Urban transportation -- History
Urbanization -- History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000591224
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781000591170
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