Jan Nijman is Director and Distinguished University Professor at the Urban Studies Institute of Georgia State University, and professor of Geography at the University of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam's Canal District, edited by Jan Nijman, makes an important contribution to the historic preservation literature and, more generally, to writings on global cities. Whereas most books on the Canal District focus on its creation in Netherland's Golden Age (the 17th century), this book, which brings together top-flight scholars from a wide variety of fields, highlights both lessons to be derived from the district's evolution since the 17th century as well as contemporary debates in Amsterdam about how to cope with the challenges posed by over-tourism. -- David P. Varady * <em>Journal of Urban Affairs</em> *