Amsterdam's Canal District Origins, Evolution, and Future Prospects

This book chronicles the Amsterdam's 17th-century Canal District District's origins and historical evolution over 400 years and debates its future prospects under pressures of global tourism, gentrification, and rapid economic change.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nijman Jan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London University of Toronto Press 2020 ©2020
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Amsterdam's Canal District in Global Perspective -- PART I: HISTORIC ORIGINS -- 2. Between Art and Expediency: Origins of the Canal District -- 3. Designing the World's Most Liberal City -- 4. A Privileged Site in the City, the Republic, and the World Economy -- PART II: EVOLUTION -- 5. Bourgeois Homes: The Elite Spaces of the Canal District, 1600-1910 -- 6. The Architectural Essence of the Canal District: Past and Present -- 7. The Canal District: A Continuing History of Modern Planning -- PART III: TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY CHALLENGES -- 8. Preservation through Transformation: Amsterdam through the Lens of Barcelona -- 9. The Canal District as a Site of Cognitive-Cultural Activities: "A Miracle of Spaciousness, Compactness, Intelligible Order" -- 10. Cause Célèbre: The Contested History of the Canal District -- 11. The Present-Day Canal District as Home: Living in a Commodified Space -- References -- Contributors -- Index 
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