Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: Urban performance in perspective, Martin Dijst and Walter Schenkel. Theoretical Contributions: Transportation and urban performance: accessibility, daily mobility and location of households and facilities, Martin Dijst, Hubert Jayet and Isabelle Thomas; Integrated urban transportation and land-use models for policy analysis, Pavlos Kanaroglou and Darren Scott; Understanding the political and administrative framework of urban performance, Erkki Mennola; Urban governance by network management, Walter Schenkel. Case Studies: Time, mobility and urban governance: the case of the metropolitan area of Milan, Mario Boffi and Giampaolo Nuvolati; Transport and urban development: the potential impact of Milan and Turin’s Crossrail system on the land-use structure, Paolo Riganti; Transport infrastructure and planning policies: the importance of financial analysis in the Crossrail projects Milan and Turin, Isabella Lami; Congested evening rush hour traffic in Antwerp: a sustainable and integrated policy approach, Ann Verhetsel; Development of central public spaces in Geneva: changing uses and images, Véronique Stein; The Zurich West Development Project, Peter Güller and Walter Schenkel; Akerselva Environmental Park: urban transformation by chance or by governance? Knut Halvorsen. Conclusions: Urban governance and infrastructure: coping with diversity, complexity and uncertainty, Martin Dijst and Walter Schenkel.