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Tables of Contents for Multinodal Urban Structures
The Changing Structure of Cities
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
Characteristics of Functional Structures
28
1
The Design of Functional Structures
29
1
A Theory of Multinodal Cities
Space, Activities, and the Urban System
35
2
The Single-Nodal Metropolis
37
1
Mobility and Infrastructure
39
1
The Automobile and Public Transport: Differentiating Capacity
40
2
Decentralization42
2
Deconcentration44
1
System of Cities44
2
Interacting Urban Systems46
1
Interference46
2
System Development48
1
Properties of Structures
49
8
Quality: a Normative Choice49
2
Symbiosis51
1
The Relation between Structure and Public Transport52
5
Hypotheses and Case Protocol
Functional Structure and Accessibility
58
1
A Prerequisitory Relation
59
4
Measuring Accessibility
63
1
Single Case64
1
Multiple Case64
1
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 Network73
1
Pacific Railroad and Streetcar: Twin Cities in 190073
2
The Heyday of the Tram75
2
The Automobile Era Arrives77
2
The Expansion of the Twin Cities79
5
The Development of a Complex Multinodal Structure84
3
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 Tram97
3
1920: Economic Expansion and Modern Urban Design100
2
Harbingers of the Spatial Separation of Functions102
1
1960: The Development of the Functional City103
3
1980: Interference between Court and Port106
6
The South Wing112
2
The South Wing and Minneapolis--Saint Paul, a Comparison114
1
Incipient Conurbation115
6
Accessibility and Functional Structure
The Structuring Effect of Accessibility on the Urban System
121
1
Minneapolis--Saint Paul
121
6
Context121
3
Accessibility Analysis124
3
The South Wing of the Randstad Holland
127
8
Context127
2
Accessibility Analysis129
6
Context135
4
Accessibility Analysis139
4
Frankfurt am Main--Wiesbaden--Mainz
143
8
Context143
5
Accessibility Analysis148
3
The Design of Multinodal Structures
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
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
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