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By drawing together widely dispersed yet central writings, the Berlin Reader is an essential resource for everyone interested in urban development in one of the most interesting and important metropolises in Europe. It provides scholars as well as students, journalists and visitors with an overview of the most central discussions on the tremendous changes Berlin experienced since the fall of the wall. It covers a wide range of issues, including inner city renewal, housing and the local economy, gentrification and other urban conflicts.
The book breaks ground in two dimensions: first, by offering also non-German speakers an insight into the very controversial debates after reunification, and, second, by highlighting the ambivalent consequences of Berlin's urban transformation in the past decades.
Matthias Bernt (PD Dr. habil.), born in 1970, works as a research group leader at Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung and as adjunct lecturer at the Institute for Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research focuses on the interrelation of urban governance, social change and urban development.
Britta Grell is a political scientist, lecturer and author, based in Berlin and focused on social policies and urban movements. She is an active member of INURA (International Network for Urban Research and Action).
Andrej Holm works at the Department of Urban and Regional Sociology at Berlin's Humboldt University. He is a well-known expert on the topic of housing and gentrification, and has published various books on the »Right to the City.«
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Contents 5
Preface 9
Introduction 11
Berlin Won't Remain Berlin 25
Berlin is Becoming the Capital - Surely and Securely 33
Last Exit to Alexanderplatz 47
Berlin's Urban Development Discourse 53
The Barbarian East 71
Berlin: From Divided to Fragmented City? 77
New Lines of Division in the New Berlin 95
Exploring the Substance and Style of Gentrification: Berlin's "Prenzlberg" 107
City of Talents? 131
The Uneven Development of Berlin's Housing Provision 155
Berlin's Gentrification Mainstream 171
The Berlin Water Company 189
Berlin Diversities 207
"Berlin Does Not Love You" 223
The Sound of Berlin 239
Spree Riverbanks for Everyone! 261
Copyright Information 275