§2.6 City under construction

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§2.6 City Under Construction

part 1

Learning targets

In this paragraph we try to find out why cerntain groups move towards the city or away from the city.

Keywords:
Renovation, urban development,  gentrification and segregation 

Gentrification

In this video you learn:

- why former inhabitants leave the city centre
- Which new inhabitants came in their place
- How cities gre back into the vibrant places with increasing (rental) prices.

Gentrification

In this video you learn:

- why former inhabitants leave the city centre
- Which new inhabitants came in their place
- How cities gre back into the vibrant places with increasing (rental) prices.

Mix and match

reasons to leave the city centre

Reasons to move to the city centre

people were able to buy cars

Rental prices were low

Low income

more available houses

Close to work

Renovation and development

in the 80's and 90's cities were impopular. To increase living conditions you could: 

Renovate: improve the available houses, fix them up, make them more mordern.

Urban development: demolish neighbourhoods and build new homes

This picture shows 'de Bijlmer', an area in Amsterdam. Which keyword fits best?

Urban development

Renovation

In this picture you see Katendracht in Rotterdam. Which keyword fits best?

Renovation

Urban development

City Under Construction

part 2

What is gentrification?

1. The proces where more people work together
2. Proces of demolishing and newbuild
3. Proces where people with higher income come into the neighbourhood and poor ones leave
4. Fixing up a neighbourhood

Learning targets

In this paragraph we try to find out why cerntain groups move towards the city or away from the city.

Keywords:
Renovation, urban development,  gentrification and segregation 

NEWBUILD

Compact city

Vinex locations

Ligging Vinex-woonwijken 

What happend in Brooklyn?

1. they created a new VINEX area in the city
2. creating a complete new city
3. Gentrification
4. Renovation

Before and after in Brooklyn. Which keyswords fit with which picture?

middle-income and high-income people

inhabitants with a low income

What is a VINEX
neighbourhood?

1. Newbuild far away from the city
2. newbuild close to the city
3. old ugly neighbourhoods
4. done-up houses

Segregation 

People from different backgrounds living seperated from other groups

- Some groups seperate from other groups because of their ethnicity. They share the same langauge, religion and costums. It is easy to live together. 

- Some groups are forced to live in poorere neigbourhoods because of their lower income 

Segregation

Segregation: different cultures in different neighborhoods?

Segregation by income:

Segregation by culture:

In de wijk 'Groente- en Fruitmarkt' in Den Haag wonen bijna 40% mensen met een Turkse achtergrond.

Spatial segregation and social inequality

Homework