Urban Planning and Cultural Inclusion

KYLE ALEXANDER Director of Development, Laganside Corporation, BelfastSIR CHARLES BRETT Chairman, Northern Ireland Housing Executive and Chair, International Fund for IrelandFRANK GAFFIKIN Co-Director, Urban Institute, University of UlsterSIMONE HAIN Freelance Writer and Historian of Urban PlanningPETER HEINE Professor of Islamic Studies in the non-Arab world, Humboldt University, BerlinMALACHY McELDOWNEY Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental Planning, Queen's University, Belfast and Professor of Town and Country PlanningBILL MORRISON Architect and Chief Planner with responsibility for the city of BelfastMIKE MORRISSEY Co-Director, Urban Institute, BelfastRENATE MÜLLER Geographer, Institute of Geography, Free University of BerlinBERNHARD SCHNEIDER Freelance Architect and ConsultantMIKE SMITH Chief Executive, Laganside Corporation, BelfastKEN STERRETT Lecturer, School of Environmental Planning, Queen's University. BelfastWOLFGANG SÜCHTING Town Planner and Architect, Berlin Ministry of Urban DevelopmentPATRICK WEISS Town Planner, Berlin Ministry of Urban Development

• List of Illustrations Foreword Notes on the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Memory, Spatial Planning and the Construction of Cultural Identity in Belfast and Berlin: An Overview; W.J.V.Neill The Urban Planning Context in Berlin: A City Twice Unique; H.U.Schwedler The Urban Planning Context in Belfast: A City Between War and Peace; W.J.V.Neill PART II: SPATIAL PLANNINGN AND URBAN DESIGN IN BERLIN AND BELFAST A Plan for Berlin's Inner City: Planwerk Innenstadt; W.Süchting & P.Weiss Struggle for the Inner City, or: A Plan Becomes a Declaration of War; S.Hain Victorian and Edwardian Belfast: Preserving the Architectural Legacy of the Inner City; C.Brett Architectural Ambivalence: The Built Environment and Cultural Identity in Belfast; M.McEldowney, K.Sterrett & F.Gaffikin PART III: CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN BERLIN AND BELFAST: CULTURAL QUARTERS WITHIN THE CITY Turkish Commercial and Business Activities in Berlin: A Case of Organic Urban Development and Contact; R.Müller Contacts and Conflicts over Worship and Burial in the Kreuzberg District of Berlin; P.Heine Remaking the City: The Role of Culture in Belfast; F.Gaffikin, M.Morrissey & K.Sterrett PART IV: PROMOTING THE CITY IN BERLIN AND BELFAST The Variety of Identities: Experiences from Berlin; B.Schneider Building a Shared Future: The Laganside Initiative in Belfast; M.Smith & K.Alexander The Cultural Inclusive City: The Belfast Potential; B.Morrison PART V: CONCLUSION Planning with an Ethic of Cultural Inclusion: Lessons from Berlin and Belfast; W.J.V.Neill & H.U.Schwedler Bibliography Index