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Amsterdam Nieuw-West is a borough (''stadsdeel'') comprising the most western neighborhoods of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The borough was created in 2010 after a merger of the former boroughs Osdorp, Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and Slotervaart. In 2013, the borough had almost 142,000 inhabitants. Most of the residential neighborhoods of Amsterdam Nieuw-West were built after 1950 under an urban expansion plan, based on the garden city concept. Centrally located within the borough is ''Sloterplas'' lake and the ''Sloterpark''. ==History== Nieuw-West ('New West') is a sprawling, high-density suburban residential area in the west of Amsterdam. It is situated on the territory of the former municipality of Sloten, Amsterdam, a town dating back to 1063 which has become part of the borough. The plans for the western expansion of the city date back to 1935, when the ''Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan'' ('General Expansion Plan') was adopted. The neighborhoods in Nieuw-West are designed on the basis of the garden city principles: planned, self-contained communities surrounded by greenbelts. Most of these neighborhoods, known as the Westelijke Tuinsteden ('Western Garden Cities') were built in the 1950s and 1960s. At the heart of the borough is ''Sloterplas'', a lake, surrounded by a large park, ''Sloterpark''. The lake was created as a result of sand extractions needed for the development of the garden city neighborhoods. The oldest garden city neighborhoods are Slotermeer, Geuzenveld, Slotervaart (neighborhood), Overtoomse Veld and Osdorp. In the 1990s, a few additional neighborhoods were developed: Oostoever, Nieuw Sloten and De Aker. Since 2001, the borough has been subject to extensive urban renewal projects. Under the ''Richting Parkstad 2015'' plan, thousands of homes were demolished and replaced by new developments. With the renewal projects, the original garden city ideas have been partially abandoned. In 2007, the Bos en Lommer neighborhood, now part of the borough of Amsterdam-West, was marked ''aandachtswijk'' (disadvantaged neighborhood) by minister for housing Ella Vogelaar which made national urban renewal funds and programmes available to the area. The city of Amsterdam subsequently decided to apply the same status to the northeast and southwest of Slotermeer, Geuzenveld, central Osdorp, and Slotervaart in Nieuw-West. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amsterdam Nieuw-West」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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