Writing

For pre-2020 publications, see: https://libguides.soka.edu/prof/Peters

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Books

Altrock, U., Huning, S., Kuder, T., Nuissl, H. & Peters, D. (Eds.) (2010) Symbolische Orte: Planerische (De-) Kontruktionen (Symbolic Spaces: Planning (De-)Constructions). Berlin: Planungsrundschau Verlag

Altrock, U., Huning, S., Kuder, T., Nuissl, H. & Peters, D. (Eds.) (2009) Städte im Aufbruch. Stadtentwicklungspolitische Handlungsoptionen in Krisenzeiten. (“Cities on the Move: Options for Urban Development Policy-Making in Times of Crisis”) Berlin: Planungsrundschau Verlag

Peters, D. (2006) Planning for a Sustainable Europe? EU Transport Infrastructure Decision-Making in the Context of Eastern Enlargement. Berlin: Berlin University of Technology Press. ISBN: 978-3-7983-2001-7

Altrock, U., Güntner, S., Huning, S. and Peters, D. (Eds.) (2006) Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the new EU Member States. London: Routledge.  DOI: 10.4324/9781315242675

Altrock, U., Güntner, S., Huning, S. and Peters, D. (Eds.) (2004) Perspektiven der Planungstheorie. (Perspectives on Planning Theory) 2004. Berlin: Leue Verlag

Altrock, U., Güntner, S., Huning, S. and Peters, D. (Eds.) (2003) Planung und Innovation. (Planning and Innovation) 2003. Berlin: Planungsrundschau Verlag

Altrock, U., Güntner, S., Huning, S. and Peters, D. (Eds.) (2003) Mega-Projekte und Stadtentwicklung. (Mega-Projects and Urban Development.) 2003. Berlin: Planungsrundschau Verlag

Journal Articles

Peters, D. (2021) “Natural Playscapes and Outdoor Education.” Built Environment, 47:2 DOI: 10.2148/benv.47.2.141

Sideris, A and Peters, D. (2020) “What is good station-area planning? Lessons from experts and case studies.” Built Environment, 46:3 DOI: 10.2148/benv.46.3.422

Peters, D. and Novy, J. (2012) “Rail Station Mega-Projects: Overlooked Centerpieces in the Complex Puzzle of 21st Century Urban Restructuring” Built Environment, 38:1, 5-11 DOI: 10.2148/benv.38.1.5

Peters, D., with Novy, J. (2012) “Train Station Area Development Mega-Projects in Europe – Towards a Typology” Built Environment, 38:1, 12-30 DOI: 10.2148/benv.38.1.12

Novy, J. and Peters, D. (2012) “Railway Station Megaprojects as Public Controversies: The Case of Stuttgart 21.” Built Environment, 38:1, 128-145 DOI: 10.2148/benv.38.1.128

Peters, D. (2011) “‘Rail City Berlin’ – Rail Infrastructure Development and Inter-modality in the Re-Unified German Capital.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board Paper # 10-2528, 60-68 DOI: 10.3141/2146-08

Peters, D. (2010) “Digging Through the Heart of Reunified Berlin: Tracing the Story of the Tiergarten-Tunnel Megaproject.” European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 10:1, 93-106 DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2010.10.1.2870

Peters, D. (2009) “The Renaissance of Inner-City Railway Station Areas as a Key Element in Contemporary Urban Restructuring Dynamics.” Critical Planning, 15:1, 162-185 (Special Issue on Urban Restructuring)

Peters, D. (2006) “Neue Urbanität durch Dichte? Stadtregionaler Wandel in Los Angeles” (“New Urbanity through Density? Urban-Regional Change in Los Angeles” in: Informationen zur Modernen Stadtgeschichte (Journal of Modern Urban History, published by the German Institute for Urbanism DIFU) 2/06

Peters, D. (2005) “How Different Spatial Contexts Result in Different Sustainability Discourses – A Discursive Analysis of the Budapest Ring Road” European Spatial Research and Policy, 12:1, 69-88

Peters, D. (2003) “Cohesion, Polycentricity, Missing Links and Bottlenecks: Conflicting Spatial Storylines for Pan-European Transport Investments.”  European Planning Studies, 11:3, 317-339 DOI: 10.1080/09654310303638

Peters, D. (2001) “Utopías burguesas al estilo de Budapest o el ascenso (¿y el declive?) de los suburbios en Europa central” („Bourgeois Utopias Budapest-Style or: The Rise (and Fall?) of Suburbia in Central Europe”) Urban, Vol. 6/01

Peters, D. (1998) “Breadwinners, Homemakers, Beasts of Burden.” 1998. Habitat Debate, Vol 4:2, Nairobi: UNCHS

Book Chapters

Novy, J. and Peters, D. (2023) “Turning Streetscapes into Public Spaces.” In: Bharne, V. and Khandekar, S. Streets for All: 50 Ideas for Shaping Resilient Cities. New Delhi: MyLivableCity

Peters, D. and Bhusal, S. (2020) “Paratransit” In: Curtis, C. Handbook of Sustainable Transport London: Edward Elgar.

Peters, D. (2017) “Global Cities, Mega-Cities, Ordinary Cities: Urbanization in the Pacific Rim.” In: Barter, S. and Weiner, M. An Introduction to the Pacific Basin. New York: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315537276-10

Loukaitou-Sideris, A. and Peters, D. (2017) “High-speed rail stations as transportation nodes and places: Lessons for California.” In: Perez Henriquez, B. and Deakin, E. High-Speed Rail and Sustainability: Decision-making and the political economy of investment. New York: Routledge DOI: 10.4324/9781315709406

Peters, D. (2016). “Density Wars in Silicon Beach: The Struggle to Mix New Spaces for Toil, Stay and Play in Santa Monica, CA.” In: Colomb, C. & Novy, J. (Eds.) Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City. London: Routledge DOI: 10.4324/9781315719306

Peters, D. (2015) “Urban Megaprojects and Reversibility: The Re-Railing of Los Angeles.” In: Grabher, G. and Thiel, J. (Eds.) Self-Induced Shocks: Megaprojects and Urban Development. Perspectives in Metropolitan Research, Vol. 1. Hamburg: Jovis. ISBN 978-3-86859-370-9

Peters, D. “Jubiläumswünsche aus der Traumfabrik.” (Congratulations from the Dream Factory.) (2015) In: Huning, S., Kuder, T. and Nuissl, H. (Eds.) Stadtentwicklung, Planungstheorie und Planungsgeschichte auf dem Prüfstand. (Urban Development, Planning Theory and Planning History Re-examined.) Special Issue of the Publication Series Planungsrundschau. Berlin: Altrock Verlag.

Novy, J. and Peters, D. (2013) “Railway Megaprojects as Catalysts for the Re-Making of Post-Industrial Cities? The Case of Stuttgart 21 in Germany.” In: Del Cerro, Gerardo (Ed.) Urban Megaprojects: A World-Wide View. (Research in Urban Sociology, Vol. 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 237-262. DOI: 10.1108/S1047-0042(2013)0000013015

Peters, D. (2010) „Bahnhöfe als symbolische Orte einer Urban Renaissance?“ (Railways as Symbolic Places for an Urban Renaissance?) In: Altrock, U., Huning, S., Kuder, T., Nuissl, H. & Peters, D. (Eds.) Symbolische Orte: Planerische (De-)Kontruktionen (Symbolic Places: Planning (De-)Constructions). Berlin: Altrock Verlag, pp. 291-308

Peters, D. (2010) “Los Angeles” In: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies. Edited by Hutchinson, R. et al. Thousand Oaks: Sage. DOI: 10.4135/9781412971973.n171

Peters, D. (2007) “Mobility Politics L.A. Style – Der Einfluß zivilgesellschaftlicher Akteure auf die Verkehrsinfrastrukturpolitik in Los Angeles” (Mobility Politics L.A. Style: The Influence of Civil Society Actors on Transport Infrastructure Policy in Los Angeles) In: Altrock, U., Hoffmann, H. und Schönig, B. (Hg.) Hoffnungsträger Zivilgesellschaft? Governance, Nonprofits, und Stadtentwicklung in U.S. Metropolregionen. (Governance, Non-Profits and Urban Development in US Metropolitan Regions).  Berlin: Altrock Verlag

Peters, D. (2007) “Planer als „deliberative practitioners“ – Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen, diskursiven Pragmatismus in der Planung(stheorie)?“ („Planners as ‚deliberate practitioners’? Towards a new, discursive pragmatism in planning (theory)?”) In: Strategieorientierte Planung im kooperativen Staat. (“Strategic Planning in the collaborative State”) Edited by J. Dangschat et al. Berlin: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-90804-5_19

Garb, Y., Manon, M. & Peters, D. (2006) “Environmental Impact Assessment: Between Bureaucratic Process and Social Learning.” Handbook of Public Policy Analysis. Ed. by Fischer, F., Miller, G. & Sidney, M. London: Taylor & Francis, DOI: 10.4324/9781315093192-47

Altrock, U., Güntner, S., Huning, S. and Peters, D. (2006) Spatial planning and urban development in the new EU member states-between adjustment and reinvention. In: Altrock, U., Güntner, S., Huning, S. and Peters, D. (Eds.) (2006) Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the new EU Member States. Aldershot: Ashgate.  DOI: 10.4324/9781315242675-9

Peters, D. (2005) “Networking for Trans-National ‘Missing Links’ – Tracing the Political Success of European High-Speed Rail in the 1990s” In: The Network Society – The New Context for Planning. Edited by L. Albrechts and S. Mandelbaum. London: Routledge, pp. 81-94. DOI: 10.4324/9780203799338

Peters, D. (2003) “Old Myths and New Realities of Transport Assessment: Implications for EU interventions in Central Europe.” In: Transport Projects, Programmes and Policies: Evaluation Needs and Capabilities. Edited by A. Pearman, P. Mackie and J. Nellthorp, London: Routledge, pp. 43-72. DOI: 10.4324/9781315198545

Peters, D. (2003) “Cohesion, Polycentricity, Missing Links and Bottlenecks: Conflicting Spatial Storylines for Pan-European Transport Investments” in Fideli, V. et al (2006) Rethinking EU Spatial Policy as a Hologram: Actions, Institutions, Discourses. London, Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315244310

Peters, D. (2000) “A Sustainable Transport Convention for the New Europe.” In: Dodds, Felix (ed.). Earth Summit 2002 – A New Deal. London: Earthscan, pp. 109-123. DOI: 10.4324/9781315071947

Book Reviews in Journals

Peters, D. (2015), Ethan N. Elkind 2014: Railtown––The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 39: 428–430. Doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.12228

Peters, D. (2005) “Planning in a Global Era” edited by A. Thornley and Y. Rydin.  Town Planning Review 76:1

Peters, D. (2002) “The European Dimension of British Planning” by Mark Tewdwr-Jones and Richard H. Williams.  Town Planning Review (2002) 73:1

Major Research Reports

Loukaitou-Sideris, A. and Peters, D., with P. Colton and E. Eidlin. (2017) A Comparative Analysis of High-Speed Rail Station Development into Destination and Multi-Use Facilities: The Case of San Jose Diridon Mineta Transportation Research Institute Research Report 1502. San Jose: San Jose State University. [185 pages] Available online at: http://transweb.sjsu.edu/project/1502.html

Loukaitou-Sideris, A., Peters, D. and Wei, W. (2015) Promoting Intermodal Connectivity at California’s High-Speed Rail Stations. Mineta Transportation Research Institute Research Report 1209. San Jose: San Jose State University. [222 pages] Available online at: http://transweb.sjsu.edu/project/1209.html. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1427.6322

Peters, D. (2013) Gender and Sustainable Urban Mobility. Official Background Study for the 2013 Global Report on Human Settlements on Sustainable Urban Mobility. Nairobi: UN Habitat. DOI : 10.13140/RG.2.1.4746.9287