The Transforming Dutch City seen through the Infrastructural Changes: Railways and the Case of Amsterdam

Cavallo, R.

The Transforming Dutch City seen through the Infrastructural Changes

Title

The Transforming Dutch City seen through the Infrastructural Changes: Railways and the Case of Amsterdam

Author

Cavallo, R. (TU Delft Theory & Territories)

Contributor

Kuijper, Joran (editor)
Cavallo, Roberto (editor)
de Boer, Hans (editor)
van der Wal, Iris (editor)

Date

2020

Abstract

The relation between infrastructures and urban transformations is a complex matter. When we look at the Randstad, this part of the Netherlands is characterized by not only its urban development in the last 150 years, but also by the fact that the territory changed; herein geomorphology, waterways, and railroads play an important role. Since the Middle Ages, a well-developed system of canals is ordering landscape and cities, while roads had shallow relevance. Therefore, it is not a coincidence that the first Dutch railroads were positioned parallel to the canals. Land expropriation was easier there and the railway layout could be kept as straight as possible, saving resources.

Subject

Smart mobility
Railways
Urban transformation
Amsterdam
Dutch City

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Publisher

TU Delft Open, Delft

ISBN

978-94-6366-270-3

Source

Smart Mobility & Urban Development in Haven-Stad, Amsterdam: 2019 Summer School

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