Reinventing Suburbia in The Netherlands

Author: Lrzing, Han

Source: Built Environment, Volume 32, Number 3, 1 September 2006 , pp. 298-310(13)

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Abstract:

The Netherlands has been building planned new communities for centuries, and their recent experience in developing new suburbs is particularly relevant to the English Sustainable Communities programme. This paper shows the importance of branding and distinctive design in encouraging people to move to new houses, and provides a new typology for thinking about suburbs in terms of character as well as position.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2148/benv.32.3.298

Publication date: 2006-09-01

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