T3 havo chapter 2 unit 1

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Rotterdam:

Renewing the city centre

At the end of this lesson

you can explain what the two periods of city renewal in Rotterdam looked like

Wat do you already
know about Rotterdam

Rotterdam around 1650

• Developed alongside the Rotte (a tributary of the nieuwe Maas)
• The first harbours developed in the city centre: the city triangle
• After 1870: Rotterdam harbour was important for import and export

City renewal

• After WW2. Aim: restore the city centre. Fast and efficiently. It lacked character. 
• After 1980: to make the city centre more attractive to live, work and spend leisure time

Sectors

After 1980 the renewal had an aim to make the city more pleasant to live in and work in. New offices were needed for companies providing commercial services and companies in the quaternary sector

Sectors

Work can be devided into four sectors:

- Primairy sector

- Secondairy sector

- Tertiairy sector

- Quatarnary sector

What kind of work do we find in the primairy sector?

What kind of work do we find in the secondairy sector?

What kind of work do we find in the tertiairy sector?

What kind of work do we find in the quatarnary sector?

To work

• Read paragraph 1
• Make assignments
• 10 minutes silence, after that you can discuss
  things with your neighbour.

What are the two periods of city renewal in Rotterdam?

Homework

Finish the assignment "Rotterdam is changing"

and upload it in magister.