CONTETNS Contributors vii Foreword , ix Acknowledgements xi PART 1 Theoretical framework 1 1Framing strategic urban projects 3 WILLEM SALET 1Institutional capacity and planning milieux in European urban regions: an introduction to the case studies 20 ENRICO GUALINI AND WILLEM SALET PART II Experiences of strategic projects in European city-regions 51 3Amsterdam Zuidas: the dream of 'new urbanity' 53 STAN MAJOOR 4Barcelona Universal Forum 2004: culture as driver of urban economy 84 JOSE LUIS LUZON BENEDICTO AND JORDI VILA CARRASCO 5Berlin-Adlershof: local steps into global networks 115 MARIE BACHMANN 6Brussels Tour & Taxis: entrepreneurship versus the fragmented city 146 MATHIEU VAN CRIEKINGEN, CHRISTOPHE GUISSET AND CHRISTIAN VANDERMOTTEN 7Copenhagen 0restad: public partnership in search of the market 172 STAN MAJOOR AND JOHN J0RGENSEN 8Strasbourg Pare d'lnnovation d'Illkirch: a technopole French-style 199 JORG WENDEL 9 Vienna Erdberger Mais: public-sector driven long-term planning strategies 223 CHRISTINA ENICHLMAIR AND AXEL BORSDORF PART III Conclusions 247 10 Assessing strategic urban projects: findings and recommendations 249 WILLEM SALET AND ENRICO GUALINI Appendix 277 Index 297