Mobilization of the Masses: Dutch Planners, Local Politics, and the Threat of the Motor Age 1960-1980

Verlaan, Tim

doi:10.1177/0096144219872767

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“…Verstrate and Karsten, 2011) and bicycles instead of cars (cf. Verlaan, 2021). Both of these decisions are deeply connected to both the literal and figurative natural climate of the city then and now, as well as the municipality’s current ambition to become an emission-free city by the year 2050 (City of Amsterdam, 2020).…”

Section: Past/present: Temporality and The Urban Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban/image: Conceptualizing Amsterdam as urban environment in virtual renderings

Kopitz

2023

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article proposes that virtual renderings of speculative architectural projects provide a crucial entry point into the reimagination of sustainable urban life through the production of nature(s) within the city. Drawing on case studies of ‘sustainable’ building projects in and around Amsterdam, The Netherlands, I aim to trace the entanglement of virtual and real environments in imagining green futures. With the concept of the ‘render ghost’, James Bridle situates the people inhabiting virtual renderings ‘in the liminal space between the present and the future, the real and the virtual, the physical and the digital’ (2013). Similarly, the imaginations of nature within virtual renderings of sustainable buildings are situated at a point of in-between, a constant state of becoming. More than just visualizing their respective architectural design, the virtual renderings visualize these designs in a specific space, a specific environment – and how that environment could and would change through the spatial presence of these buildings. What makes these immaterial elements – ranging from computer-generated images to virtual renderings and augmented reality applications – particularly productive as research objects is the subjective nature of the atmosphere created in and through them, an atmospheric imagination of sustainable futures embedded in what Degen et al. call a ‘field of negotiation, tension and ambivalence’ (2017). Atmospheric in their imagination of urban environments, contingent in their temporality between the past, the present and the future, and ambiguous in their spatial grounding in simultaneously specific and generic surroundings, virtual renderings arguably allow for an engagement with the possibilities of alternative urban futures.

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Section: Past/present: Temporality and The Urban Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban/image: Conceptualizing Amsterdam as urban environment in virtual renderings

Kopitz

2023

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…In samenhang met cityvorming treedt suburbanisatie op, het proces waarin bewoners gedwongen of vrijwillig buiten de stad gaan wonen terwijl zij hun werkplek in de binnenstad behouden. Hierdoor neemt het woonwerkverkeer toe, en groeit de vraag naar infrastructurele maatregelen, zeker in een tijd van groeiend autobezit (Verlaan 2019a). Hoewel binnensteden reeds sinds het laatste kwart van de negentiende eeuw cityvorming ondergingen (Meurs 2000: 316-321), brachten bestuurders het proces in de jaren vijftig in een stroomversnelling.…”

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Vreemde bedgenoten: publiek-private samenwerking in de Nederlandse ruimtelijke ordening 1950-1980

Verlaan¹

2019

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T his contribution investigates the public-private partnerships between local officials and property developers in the Dutch field of urban planning during the postwar period, with a focus on the redevelopment agendas for the central areas of larger cities such as Utrecht and Amsterdam. I argue that we should see the ties between the public and private sector in this field as the outcome of a structural dependency of the state on private investments. Indeed, even at the zenith of the social-democratic welfare state, local governments very much leaned on the market to get urban redevelopment off the ground. Thus, we should be careful to draw a clean line between the golden age of state involvement in urban planning from the end of the Second World War to the economic crises of the 1970s and the neoliberal policies of the 1980s. While the case studies in this article display some features of urban neoliberalism, such as a belief in market efficiency and the advancement of interurban competition, these were never the means nor the ends of urban policies. By working with a wide array of primary sources and employing the theories of urban scholars such David Harvey and Hank Savitch and Paul Kantor, I argue for a more comprehensive and multifaceted narrative of the involvement of property developers in local affairs and the partnerships and growth coalitions they built with government bodies.

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“…The growing number of automobiles during the twentieth century led to government policies aimed at redesigning cities for a seamless flow of private cars [1]. As a result, car-centric and car-prioritized transportation planning has long been a policy for many cities and countries worldwide [2,3]. This approach involves expanding the transportation network, such as the construction of new roads, flyovers, underpasses, and widening existing roads to allow cars to constantly flow through cities [4].…”

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“…The advantages of active travel are manifold, such as reduction in financial losses due to reduced congestion, reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, reduction in road fatalities, improved health, improved equity, social cohesion, and perceptions of security and livability [17,18]. Thus, several countries, such as the Netherlands, developed policies to shift toward active mobility [2]. Several studies have shown that promoting pedestrian-friendly cities requires careful consideration of aspects such as urban design and infrastructure [19].…”

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Signal-Free Corridor Development and Their Impact on Pedestrians: Insights from Expert and Public Surveys

Abdullah,

Ali,

Javid

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Increasing vehicular demand has compelled decision makers to turn urban roads into signal-free corridors (SFCs) in Lahore. These corridors aim at prioritizing car flow over other modes and consist of various car-centric projects (CCPs), such as continuous flow intersections, grade separation, and continuous through movement. These projects often ignore pedestrian requirements and, thus reduce pedestrian safety. Considering the ongoing development projects in Lahore, this study aimed at evaluating the concept of SFCs. A total of 6 existing SFCs were identified in Lahore, which lacked basic pedestrian infrastructure. An expert survey was then conducted to understand the purpose of creating these SFCs, their effects on pedestrians, and the way forward. The thematic analysis regarding the purpose of creating these SFCs and their effect on pedestrians indicated the prioritization of private cars and pedestrian safety issues as the two underlying themes. A questionnaire survey was conducted to evaluate the perceptions of pedestrians on these two themes, i.e., pedestrian safety and car priority. Principle component analysis extracted two components labeled as pedestrian safety and car priority. Component scores were computed, and the three CCPs were then compared using non-parametrical tests in terms of both these components. According to the results, continuous flow intersections were declared to be significantly safer than continuous through movement and grade separation, whereas continuous flow intersection was found to be prioritizing cars over pedestrians significantly more than continuous through movement and grade separation. Finally, policy implications were presented for practitioners.

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Mobilization of the Masses: Dutch Planners, Local Politics, and the Threat of the Motor Age 1960-1980

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Urban/image: Conceptualizing Amsterdam as urban environment in virtual renderings

Urban/image: Conceptualizing Amsterdam as urban environment in virtual renderings

Vreemde bedgenoten: publiek-private samenwerking in de Nederlandse ruimtelijke ordening 1950-1980

Signal-Free Corridor Development and Their Impact on Pedestrians: Insights from Expert and Public Surveys

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