Belonging to Slotermeer: Comparing the General Expansion Plan with the Experience of Residents Name student: Sam Vos UvA ID number: 10330925 E-mail:
[email protected] Programme: Sociology: Urban Sociology Words: 23,128 First supervisor: Yannis Tzaninis Second supervisor: Linda van de Kamp Date: July 10, 2017 Place of submission: Amsterdam Table of Contents Summary p. 02 1. Introduction p. 04 2. Experience of Belonging p. 06 2.1. Planned Space and Experienced Space p. 06 2.2. Experience of Belonging p. 07 3. Historical Context of Slotermeer p. 10 3.1. The General Expansion Plan (AUP) p. 10 3.2. Population of Slotermeer over Time p. 11 3.3. Current Neighborhood Renewal p. 12 4. Methods p. 14 5. Experience of Slotermeer p. 19 5.1. The Garden Village p. 20 5.2. Residential needs p. 24 5.3. Concerns in Slotermeer p. 29 6. Belonging to Slotermeer p. 34 6.1. Moving to Slotermeer p. 35 6.2. Residents p. 37 6.3. Feeling at home p. 48 6.4. Neighborhood renewal p. 53 7. Mental Mapping p. 57 7.1. The Different Focus of the Three Categories p. 57 7.2. Mobility p. 60 7.3. Boundaries and Landmarks p. 62 8. Conclusion p. 65 Bibliography p. 71 Apendix A - Interview Questions p. 73 Apendix B - Mental Maps p. 75 Apendix C - Interview Transcripts p. 77 1 Summary During Amsterdam's urbanization period in the mid-20th century, Slotermeer was built in 1952 as part of the General Expansion Plan (AUP), a plan for the city expansion west of Amsterdam.