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Jos Gadet Physical Planning Department Amsterdam

Rise of the Succesfull Urban Park The Amsterdam Green Survey: A Park as a Centre of Economic Attraction. Jos Gadet Physical Planning Department Amsterdam. ‘Parks: from green oases to places of urban life’ The Economist. Overflowing crowds as an indicator of succes.

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Jos Gadet Physical Planning Department Amsterdam

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  1. Rise of the Succesfull Urban ParkThe Amsterdam Green Survey: A Park as a Centre of Economic Attraction Jos Gadet Physical Planning Department Amsterdam

  2. ‘Parks: from green oases to places of urban life’ The Economist

  3. Overflowing crowds as an indicator of succes

  4. Growth caused by ‘new urbanites’ • ↓ private space → ↑ public space • versatile activity patterns • working places are getting footloose • digital revolution: • cloud computing • permanent connectivity stimulates face to face contacts

  5. that imposes park requirements • vicinity!!!!!!!!! • different uses!!!!!!!!! • otherpeople!!!!!!!! Activity as anAttraction in Itself

  6. Parks as a decisive location factor • 40 percent of the ‘new urbanites’ that own a firm, the proximity of a park was a crucial issue to found their firm on a specific location. • for about 50 percent of the well-educated Amsterdam urbanites the nearness of a park was a crucial issue to buy or rent a dwelling • succesfull parks generate private investments • succesfull parks increase real estate values

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