Amsterdam as a Creative Cultural Knowledge City: Some Conditions

摘要

Some cities seem to be fully prepared to enter the 'creative, cultural knowledge' era. These cities possess the correct economic profile and professional structure; have the required urban history and accompanying physical layout; have the infrastructure of public and private transport connections, consumer and producer services needed; and are totally attached to the rest of the world through telecommunications and other connections. It is argued that the city of Amsterdam comes close to these characteristics. However, there is at least one big omission. That is the demand-supply mismatch in the housing market. Therefore, a drastic change in the Amsterdam housing market is regarded as an essential condition to attract the required talent pool.