The urban waterfront is widely regarded as a frontier of contemporary urban development, attracting both investment and publicity. City, Capital and Water provides a detailed account of the redevelopment of urban waterfronts in nine cities around the world: London, Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Hong Kong, Sydney, Toronto, Dublin and Amsterdam. The case studies cover different frameworks for development in terms of the role of planning, approaches to financing, partnership agreements, state sponsorship and development profits. The analysis also demonstrates the effects of economic globalization, deregulation, the marginalization of planning and the manipulation of development processes by property and political interests.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Patrick Malone; Chapter 2 LONDON: DOCKLANDS AND THE STATE, John Barnes, Bob Colenutt, Patrick Malone; Chapter 3 LONDON: PLANNING AND DESIGN IN DOCKLANDS, Hugo Hinsley, Patrick Malone; Chapter 4 DUBLIN: MOTIVE, IMAGE AND REALITY IN THE CUSTOM HOUSE DOCKS, Patrick Malone; Chapter 5 SYDNEY: THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ROOTS OF DARLING HARBOUR, Maurice Daly, Patrick Malone; Chapter 6 HONG KONG: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT, Roger Bristow; Chapter 7 TOKYO, OSAKA AND KOBE: ISLAND CITY PARADISE?, Shiozak Yoshimitsu, Malone Patrick; Chapter 8 TOKYO: WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL NEEDS, Tetsuo Seguchi, Patrick Malone; Chapter 9 TORONTO: THE URBAN WATERFRONT AS A TERRAIN OF AVAILABILITY, Ken Greenberg; Chapter 10 TORONTO: SEARCHING FOR A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PARADIGM, Michael Goldrick, Roy Merrens; Chapter 11 AMSTERDAM: THE WATERFRONT IN THE 1990s, Arne Bongenaar, Patrick Malone; Chapter 12 CONCLUSIONS, Patrick Malone;