Small (Historic) Settlements with Big (City) Issues: Societal Challenges Faced at the Intersection of Small Settlements and Built Heritage in the Netherlands ; Малые (исторические) поселения с большими (городскими) проблемами: cоциальные задачи, возникающие на пересечении проблем малых поселений и строительного наследия в Нидерландах

Small settlements as a category are doing fine in the Netherlands, contrary to overall sentiment. Small settlements do face specific issues, though, issues that one would expect to see in larger cities, possibly the result of the hybrid urban nature of the Netherlands: many small cities in a vast urban region. This article showcases four challenges that small Dutch settlements face, each in a particular way intersecting with built heritage or building vacancy: induced seismicity, the production of synthetic drugs, spilt over mass tourism and the vulnerability of 1970s and 1980s community build... Mehr ...