AMSTERDAM

By,
Vaibhav shah
Prateek arora
Sagar gupta
Rohit solanki
Rohit raj

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LOCATION
AMSTERDAM IS THE CAPITAL EUROPE
AND LARGEST CITY IN europe
NETHERLANDS

LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE

OF NORTH HOLLAND AMSTERDAM
PLANNED CITY
MAJOR CITIES
HISTORICAL CANNALS
HOEK VAN HOLK
INNOVATIVE
MIDDLEBERG
DEVELOPMENT IN TRADE
UTRECHT

NETHERLANDS

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 HISTORY OF AMSTERDAM 14-15 century
12th-13th century fisherman living two great fires swept through
along the bank of river amstel built a bridge the city in 1421 and 1452
across the waterway near ij the wooden doors CHARLES
are acting as dam
WILLIAM II
emperor charles decreed that new houses
were to be built from stone

FLORIS v

16th century

15th century map

the 16th century brought a rebellion by the

dutch against the habsburg king philip ii of
spain

16th century map

1662

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 17th century
17th century was amsterdam's golden age

ships from the city sailed to north

america, indonesia, brazil and Dam square
africa and formed the basis of a
worldwide trading network

bubonic plague 1663-1666

more than 10% population

died
Seaways map 17th century map

18th century
during the 17th and 18th century, amsterdam was a city
where immigrants formed the majority.

the city council of amsterdam consisted out of people with

all kinds of backgrounds: dutch, german, flemish, french,
scottish.

Dam square

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 19th century Industrial revolution
The 18th and early 19th centuries At the end of the 19th century the
saw a decline in Amsterdam's Industrial Revolution reached Amsterdam
prosperity.

During the Napoleonic wars

Amsterdam's fortunes reached their The end of the 19th century is sometimes
lowest point called Amsterdam's second Golden Age.

World war 1 & 2

During World War I, the Netherlands remained
neutral, but Amsterdam suffered the effects of the
war when food became scarce

During World War II, German troops occupied the city.

More than 100,000 Jews were deported, famously
including Anne Frank

Anne frank

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 Climate and weather
Typical weather ranges from a little around freezing in the depths of winter, though usually with little snow, to
typically pleasant sunny days of 20° to 25° Celsius in the summer. Spring and autumn are pleasant, but can be
wet (100+ mm of rain per month). In the summer months there are typically 200 hours of sunshine a month,
dropping to between 50 and 100 in the winter.

geography
the river amstel terminates in the city centre and connects to
a large number of canals

Amsterdam lies 2mys above sea level

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 Government
Area:
muncipality/city: 219 sqkm
Mayor : Eberhard van
Land:166 sq km
der Laan
Water: 53 sqkm
Urban: 1003 sq km
Party : labour party
Metro: 1815 sq km

Population:
municipality/city: 762,057
Density: 4459 sqkm
Urban: 1,364,422
Metro: 2,158,372

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 Vision of the city

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Development of city

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Development of city

1545 1623 1775

1866 2000

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 Municipalities
Centrum –open
spaces,resturants,coffeeshops, noord
red-light areas Newport
West-small open spaces
,residences
Zuid- large open spaces
,agriculture land,
Oost-
universities,hotels,educational
institute
Centrum
west

Nieuw
west oost
Zuid

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 Open spaces strategies
There are two scenarios of open spaces

Large open spaces: parks, gardens, public spaces

Small open spaces :central court yards between
buildings

Open spaces are distributed

through out the city

The open spaces are formed at

the
centre of buildings

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 Landscape scenario
the urban landscape is normally trees
beside canals under that car parking.

Gardenvisit Editorial
The botanical garden in Amsterdam (Hortus
Botanicus) was founded in 1682 to supply the
city's doctors with medicinal herbs. The Hortus
Botanicus has many interesting old and modern
structures, including seed houses and glass
houses.

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 Amsterdam - architecture

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 Dutch architecture

Oude kerk silodam

Borneo sporenburg bridge

Centre amsterdam
Central station
Parkrand housing complex

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 transportation There is a four line metro,
The tram :(18 lines) is the including a short underground
main form of public section in the city centre, that
transport system in the serves the neighborhoods of the
central area South East.

Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA

(Asb) is a railway station in
the Bijlmermeer
neighborhood of the
Amsterdam

Amsterdam is one of the most

frequently-cited examples of a
cycle-friendly city

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By air: Flights to Amsterdam arrive in
Schipol Airport which is approximately 18
kilometres southwest of the city centre. Trains
leave the airport for Centraal Station every 20
minutes and the takes just over 20 minutes.

By bus: there are dozens of bus routes. Ferry

Regional buses, and some suburban
buses, are operated by Connexxion and
Arriva
There are several free ferry
services across the IJ river, to
Amsterdam North, the most
frequent runs every seven
minutes.

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 festivals and events
the open garden festival
Every year third weekend of June
Amsterdam’s gardens are perhaps its best kept secret
International Theater as they’re rarely visible from the street. For this
School Festival weekend you can visit around 30 gardens .
a special festival presents in
Amsterdam a wide range of
theater performances by the
students of the Dutch theater
schools.

Queen's Day celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands

and is supposed to be a day of national unity and "togetherness"

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 tourism Dam quare

amsspectrum of recreational and cultural

sights that range from fascinating old The Dam is the very centre and heart
buildings, like the oude kerk, to oddities of Amsterdam, although there are
such as the hash marihuana arguably prettier sights in the city. As
museum.terdam has a broad an historical site however, it is
fascinating and worth taking the time
to appreciate.

Red Light District in Amsterdam

Red light street The royal palace

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Flora and fauna

Scots pine Common linden

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 LATEST URBAN PEOJECTS IN AMSTERDAM

Zuidkas green
building

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Amsterdam-2040

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 Bibliography

www.Wikipedia.com
www.Iamsterdam.info
www.amsterdamturiosim.com

Thank you

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