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Central Business District (CBD)

The central business district of a city is mostly located in the centre of a city. In this part of the cities you will find large office buildings and various kinds of services. Around European CBD’s there can be found a circle of old factories, which is called the zone of transition. The old factories have been replaced by houses in many cities.

Rebuilding Rotterdam

During World War II Rotterdam had been bombed. 25,000 homes were lost and Rotterdam’s population was growing at the time of the bombing. To make up for all the lost houses Rotterdam had to start rebuilding. Several new neighbourhoods were built so that Rotterdam could grow once again. The effects of the bombings are still visible today If you compare Rotterdam with any other Dutch city, because everything is more modern in the city centre of Rotterdam. The rebuilding led to possibilities such as the most recent infrastructure, which made it way easier for the city to grow.