Design and Politics No. 4: Compact City Extended: Outline...
Boelens, Luuk / Ovink, Henk / Lra Plsdttir, Hanna![Design and Politics No. 4: Compact City Extended: Outline for Future Policy, Research and Design](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/802/8025664/CHSBZCOP038025664.jpg)
The Netherlands first developed a policy on "the compact city" about 25 years ago, following the economic crises of the 1970s and the earlier policy of clustered dispersal. The four major Dutch cities in the western Randstad conurbation were then confronted with massive outflows of middle and higher-income residents. At the same time, there were new insights into the importance of strong cities in the emerging global network economy. Issues of...