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A survey of the (a-)synchronicity between the fourth Kondratieff long-term economic cycles and investment patterns in urban planning in Antwerp and Amsterdam ;and the impact of these patterns upon the cities' attractiveness. 01/01/2008 - 31/12/2009

Abstract

The goals of the research question are as follows: - intelligibly collecting and arranging data on the (a-)synchronicity between the fourth Kondratieff long-term economic cycle and the investment patterns in urban planning in Amsterdam en Antwerp, - to demonstrate through these instrumental cases how en why that these investment patterns can fundamentally influence a city's attractiveness to its inhabitants (in particular, to the creative class as defined by R. Florida).

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