New Economic and Demographic Realities

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1 New Economic and Demographic Realities towards new relationships The Dutch case and the Amsterdam approach Hamburg METREX expert meeting 21/1/2011 Juliane Kürschner & Julian Jansen, City of Amsterdam, Physical Planning Department

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4 Traditional national policy focusses on equal growth distribution

5 Population decline in peripheral regions despite policy

6 New demographic and economic developments: aging population

7 Shrinking labour force enforces spatial concentrations of growth and decline Total population 2010: 16,6 mio 2040: 17,5 mio

8 Growing migration to Amsterdam 8

9 More young people coming to the city and staying longer 7000 Vestiging in Amsterdam naar leeftijd Immigration to Amsterdam per age and time period

10 Growing immigration from EU, less from traditional immigration countries Buitenlandse vestiging in Amsterdam vanuit soort migratieland Overige westerse landen EU 15 Nieuwe EU-lidstaten * BRIC landen Overige niet-westerse landen Surniname, Turkije, Marokko & Nederlandse Antillen

11 Amsterdam has a great diversity of metropolitan functions at a small scale Diversity of metropolitan functions per inhabitant (Rosenblat & Cicile, 2003)

12 Regional concentration of employment and income on national scale

13 Result: Concentration in metropoles and (brain)drain in periphery Added value per km2 Tipping point of household decline

14 What to do? Traditional national response would be: Keynesian investment in peripheral regions to counter population and economic decline. But: Would go at the expense of economic motors. Country as a whole would loose out. Not enough people to ensure growth everywhere Accelerated dynamics of concentration Does this mean that growth region Amsterdam has a new responsibility towards peripheral regions?

15 Responsible Amsterdam: New partnerships with peripheral municipalities

16 Finding shared visions and strategies with new partners Delfzijl Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Sluis Heerlen

17 Job creation, new residential areas, same policy everywhere does not work

18 What if you look from different perspectives than the Daily Urban System? What happens if you look from different perspectives through Skype than the Daily Urban System? Rapper Beunhaas working and living in Oost-Groningen, communicating

19 What if we establish local ownership of strategies? Rethinking urban refurbishment plans in Heerlen

20 What if you think about cultural heritage? Mergelgroeve in Limburg Trompenburg, a former rural resort

21 Best restaurant of NL in Sluis What if we take authenticity and local quality seriously?

22 Mutual benefits through urban AND rural quality Restructuring the Food Center Amsterdam as urban fresh market (hall)

23 Growth of quality, instead of quantity

24 Growth of quality, instead of quantity Red becomes more red; Green becomes more green; Blue becomes more blue

25 ommercial port Culture of Dutch Poldermodel

26 Poldermodel: talking freely about ideas New Processes for mutual benefit Open dialogue Respect towards local interests and problems Looking for joint solutions Achieving consensus Making choices acceptable

27 Invitation to the city for an open dialogue Campaign for the Structural Vision won Eurocities Award for Participation, 2010

28 Planning through dreaming, daring and telling stories

29 Invitation: 2nd meeting in Amsterdam! A rural-urban masterclass Working out concrete strategies together! Sharing solutions! Local and global Working towards publication / end product for EC

30 Start small Do not exclude others Leave your weapons Focus on the content Share stories No power points Curb your passions Be curious Hold on! The Amsterdam Principles

31 Invitation: 2nd meeting in Amsterdam!

32 For questions please contact Julian Jansen and Juliane Kürschner