§2.6: Netherlands: city under construction

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§2.6: City under construction

Learning goals

• You know with which measures you can make the city attractive again.
  
• You understand why large cities attract many people from the peripheral areas of the Netherlands.
  
• With help of maps you can describe the changes in Dutch cities.
  

What is the general rule
from the city centre
to the outskirts?

1. The further away from the city centre, the cheaper the houses
2. The further away from the city centre, the older the inhabitants
3. The closer to the city centre, the older the houses
4. The closer to the city centre, the newer the houses

This is a 19th century district

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This neighbourhood
was built ...

1. Post-war
2. Pre-war

This is a typical neighbourhood
from around ...

1. 1920
2. 1960
3. 1980
4. 2000

What is specific for a VINEX location

1. Close to a bigger city
2. Especially in rural areas
3. Only high rise buildings
4. Only used as office area

Where does suburbanisation lead to?

1. Less people in the cities
2. More people in the cities

How does the council (gemeente) make the city more attractive again?

• Renovation of old neighborhoods
• Gentrification
• Redevelopment of old neighborhoods


• New-build housing in free spaces 
• Vinex neighbourhoods next to the city

Renovation

• Houses are being adapted and renovated 
• Rent increases
• Housing density decreases 

Gentrification

• Renew and renovate
• Close to the city centre
• Rent increases 
• Housing density decreases > many restaurants and stores

Now ...

https://www.bsot.nl/studenten/index.php

use the teacher code: BFZ-376

and your class (thv2a)

Then go to SOM: leermiddelen > aardrijkskunde

Use code 36459 to connect to your class.

Then make 2.6 exercises.