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Amsterdam as a Creative Cultural Knowledge City: Some Conditions

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Author: Musterd, Sako

Source: Built Environment, Volume 30, Number 3, 1 September 2004, pp. 225-234(10)

Publisher: Alexandrine Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.30.3.225.54307

Some cities seem to be fully prepared to enter the ‘creative, cultural knowledge’ era. These cities possess the correct economic profile and professional structure; have the required urban history and accompanying physical layout; have the infrastructure of public and private transport connections, consumer and producer services needed; and are totally attached to the rest of the world through telecommunications and other connections. It is argued that the city of Amsterdam comes close to these characteristics. However, there is at least one big omission. That is the demand-supply mismatch in the housing market. Therefore, a drastic change in the Amsterdam housing market is regarded as an essential condition to attract the required talent pool.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 September 2004

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  • Built Environment is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. With an emphasis on crossing disciplinary boundaries and providing global perspective, each issue focuses on a single subject of contemporary interest to practitioners, academics and students working in a wide range of disciplines. Issues are guest-edited by established international experts who not only commission contributions, but also oversee the peer-reviewing process in collaboration with the Editors.

    Subject areas include: architecture; conservation; economic development; environmental planning; health; housing; regeneration; social issues; spatial planning; sustainability; urban design; and transport. All issues include reviews of recent publications.

    The journal is abstracted in Geo Abstracts, Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, and Journal of Planning Literature, and is indexed in the Avery Index to Architectural Publications.

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