The development of spatial imaginaries: Studying the changing areas around Station ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Eindhoven Centraal
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2025-06-25
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Multiple cities in the Netherlands have started with new projects in the surrounding area of train stations. This research is about the development of spatial imaginaries of areas around train stations. In this study I look at the development of these imaginaries since the Second World war and those for the future. For this research, I look at the area surrounding the train stations of ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Eindhoven Centraal. To investigate this subject, I have condoned twelve interviews with experts on either the past or future of these areas. Through this research I have found that within each period different social, political and economic factors have impact on the way that urban planners look at the areas around train stations. Diverse themes such as housing, climate change and economic growth all influence the way spatial imaginaries about these places are formed. I have found that after the war these areas were mostly focused on industrialisation. Around the 1990s these locations became more closely related to solving problems of mobility and sustainability, by building high-residency housing close to a big transportation node. In the years after, this trend stayed but with an even bigger focus on sustainability and climate change.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen