Rotterdam: Dynamic Polder City = Land + Water + Culture

Title

Rotterdam: Dynamic Polder City = Land + Water + Culture

 Author

Hooimeijer, F.L.

Faculty

Architecture and The Built Environment

 Department

Urbanism

 Date

2010-12-31

 Abstract

The planning culture in the Netherlands is based on the experience of building cities on very wet and soft soils. The design of Dutch polder cities was from early on a balance between land and water: building site preparation. The relation between technological development and urban development can be ordered in six phases: natural (-1000), defensive (1000-1500), offensive (1500-1800), early manipulative (1800-1890), manipulative (1890-1990) and adaptive manipulative water management (1990-). Rotterdam is chosen to represent the heritage of the Dutch talent with regard to the design and construction of water and land into dynamic cities. This is important because awareness and knowledge about historical principles makes it possible to draw the line into the future.

 Subject

planning culture
water management
building site preparation
Rotterdam

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 Publisher

Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Architecture

 ISSN

1905-7210

 Source

Journal of Environmental Design and Planning (Nakhara), 6 (October), 2010; Authors version

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

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