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A case study of three early modern Dutch cities (Alkmaar, Delft, and Amsterdam) using geographical information systems and confronting earlier historical, sociological, and geographical models finds clear patterns of segregation below the level of the city block, thus necessitating block-face mapping. The remarkable continuity in patterns of residential segregation is best explained by the workings of the real-estate market, allowing the well-to-do and middle classes to realize their preferences. In Amsterdam, the merchant elites were able to use their political dominance to plan a scenic and expansive residential environment free from noisy and odorous activities.
Information and the origin of migrants in the Low Countries during the early modern period In numerous case studies it has been argued that the origin of migrants and their professional specialisation are intimately linked up. However, from these wellknown examples it should not be concluded that regional specialisation is the only or even the main factor accounting for the clustering of the origins of migrants and the direction of migration streams. In this paper it is demonstrated that many towns attracted migrants of both sexes and with very different professional backgrounds from a limited number of areas. In these cases it was not regional specialisation in the areas of origin, but the diffusion of information among migrants and potential migrants in these areas that accounted for the marked clustering of places of origin. Long standing (trading) contacts and easy access by land and water go a long way in explaining the direction of the information flows and the precise location of the areas of origin. 1. Ik dank Leo Lucassen, Leo Noordegraaf, de redactie van dit tijdschrift en twee anonieme referenten voor hun opmerkingen en aanvullingen bij eerdere versies van deze tekst.
ABSTRACT:In this article location theory is used to map and analyse the patterns of retail location in Amsterdam in the eighteenth century. In the city centre as well as along the main axes to markets and the city gates the retailing of shopping goods (textiles, consumer durables) was much more prominent than elsewhere in the city. In contrast, shops selling convenience goods (foodstuffs etc.) were scattered all over the city. The correspondence of empirical data and location theory suggests that the urban government and institutions did not interfere with the location preferences of shopkeepers. An analysis of local acts and guild regulations corroborated this assumption. What did affect the location patterns of shops was history. The morphological and socio-economic legacy of the past acted as an intermediary between general location principles and the implantation of shops in the urban landscape.
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