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Tables of Contents for Multinodal Urban Structures
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Changing Structure of Cities
Changing Cities
11
1
The City: a Definition
12
1
Context of the Development of Functional Structures
13
1
Multinodal Structure: a Definition
14
3
Design, Transformation, and Emergence of Conurbations
17
1
An Overview of Possible Structures
18
2
Examples of Multinodal Structures
20
5
Identifying the Prerequisites of A Functional Structure
The Dilemma of Design and Research
25
1
The City is Unique
26
1
Space as Precondition
26
2
Characteristics of Functional Structures
28
1
The Design of Functional Structures
29
1
Design of this Thesis
30
5
A Theory of Multinodal Cities
Introduction
35
1
Space, Activities, and the Urban System
35
2
The Single-Nodal Metropolis
37
1
Accessibility
38
1
Mobility and Infrastructure
39
1
The Automobile and Public Transport: Differentiating Capacity
40
2
Transformation
42
2
Decentralization
42
2
Deconcentration
44
1
Emergent Conurbations
44
5
System of Cities
44
2
Interacting Urban Systems
46
1
Interference
46
2
System Development
48
1
Properties of Structures
49
8
Quality: a Normative Choice
49
2
Symbiosis
51
1
The Relation between Structure and Public Transport
52
5
Hypotheses and Case Protocol
Accessibility
57
1
Functional Structure and Accessibility
58
1
A Prerequisitory Relation
59
4
Measuring Accessibility
63
1
Case Protocol
64
1
Single Case
64
1
Multiple Case
64
1
A Selection of Cases
65
4
From Twin Cities to a Multinodal Network
Why Minneapolis--Saint Paul?
69
1
The Twin Cities: Cities Along the Frontier
70
3
Development of the Conurbation Minneapolis--Saint Paul
73
14
From Fort Snelling to a Multinodal Network
73
1
Pacific Railroad and Streetcar: Twin Cities in 1900
73
2
The Heyday of the Tram
75
2
The Automobile Era Arrives
77
2
The Expansion of the Twin Cities
79
5
The Development of a Complex Multinodal Structure
84
3
Conclusions
87
4
The South Wing of the Randstad: a System in the Making
The Scale of System Formation in the Netherlands
91
4
The South Wing in the 20th Century
95
2
System Formation in the South Wing
97
1
The Development of the South Wing
97
15
The Ascendancy of Train and Tram
97
3
1920: Economic Expansion and Modern Urban Design
100
2
Harbingers of the Spatial Separation of Functions
102
1
1960: The Development of the Functional City
103
3
1980: Interference between Court and Port
106
6
Conclusions
112
9
The South Wing
112
2
The South Wing and Minneapolis--Saint Paul, a Comparison
114
1
Incipient Conurbation
115
6
Accessibility and Functional Structure
The Structuring Effect of Accessibility on the Urban System
121
1
Minneapolis--Saint Paul
121
6
Context
121
3
Accessibility Analysis
124
3
The South Wing of the Randstad Holland
127
8
Context
127
2
Accessibility Analysis
129
6
Dallas--Fort Worth
135
8
Context
135
4
Accessibility Analysis
139
4
Frankfurt am Main--Wiesbaden--Mainz
143
8
Context
143
5
Accessibility Analysis
148
3
Conclusions
151
6
The Design of Multinodal Structures
Introduction
157
1
The Need to Simplify
158
1
Theoretical Models of Structure
158
1
Consistency in Models of Structure
159
6
Adaptation of the Models: Interventions and Effects
165
6
Applying Design Interventions
171
9
Information and Communication Technology
180
3
Conclusion
183
4
Conclusions
Introduction
187
1
A Turning Point in Urban Development
188
1
Defenition of the Research Problem
189
1
A Theory of Multinodal Structures
189
1
Structure of the Cases
190
1
Properties of Structure
191
1
Hypotheses and Research Results
191
4
Accessibility and Functional Structure
195
3
Applying the Results
198
2
Further Research
200
1
Final Remarks
201
2
Summary
203
4
Summary (Dutch)
207
3
Literature
210
6
Acknowledgments
216
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