addition, they could help to maintain and increase biodiversity green spaces, and they have become a major focal point for while reducing households’ consumption of energy for cooling social cohesion through sports activities. Some neighborhoods and heating, because green spaces and parks attract people use their green spaces to grow vegetables and implement green outside, thus reducing their use of air conditioning at home. facades. The authority in charge of Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is contributing to making its spaces more attractive by Amsterdam has set objectives to expand its climate-proofing (AGA, 2016-2018):6 strategy (AGA 2016-2018). These include: •Installing fifty thousand square meters of green roofs with • Building sport and exercise facilities; a thick layer of plant growth to absorb water and slow down • Increasing green spaces in school playgrounds, a measure water runoff into the street, making drains better able to that is also intended to be used in educating children; cope with heavy rainfall; • Improving and maintaining green spaces in neighborhoods; •Implementing green spaces in industrial areas and car parks • Developing and promoting urban farming initiatives. to reduce the possibility of new constructions; •Increasing access to biodiversity by creating ecological 3.2 Cultural activities connection routes. Amsterdam is one of the most visited cities in Europe (Esti, 3.1.4 Connections and accessibility of green spaces 2017), and it hosts various large-scale events, including Gay It is fundamentally interesting to analyze the connections Pride, King’s Day, and MuseumN8, which encourages young and accessibility of green spaces. Some are overcrowded and people to visit museums. In 2015, Amsterdam Marketing hosted others are relatively underused. A green space policy thus has the first MuseumN8 hackathon, where participants were asked to address mobility concerns, ease of access to spaces, and to come up with solutions to improve mobility, navigation, proximity of housing to parks and recreational areas. Municipal crowd management, and museum queues (Prinsen, 2015). The policy has to ensure that all parks are used rather than just a few. winning app was Virti-Q, which allows visitors to join museum Amsterdam’s green space policy relies on connections between queues digitally. green spaces in and around the city to provide complete public access to them and to prevent overcrowding (AGA, 2016-2018). Culture and arts are woven into Amsterdam’s fabric, enriching the lives of Amsterdammers and boosting the city’s appeal to A growing number of Amsterdam’s residents are using these international businesses that are looking to settle in the region. Figure 2.4 - Amsterdam green agenda source : https://smartcityhub.com/energy/the-forthcoming-energy-revolution-in-amsterdam/attachment/screenshot-kopie/ Because this area is such a strong economic driver, Amsterdam Vertelt (Amsterdam Voice), which is based on a collaboration drafted the Arts and Culture Memorandum 2017-2020, which with Amsterdam Public Library and the photography museum aims to give effect to the view of Amsterdam Arts Council that Foam. This project aims to bring together people from different culture and the arts should be inclusive of Amsterdammers generations. Amsterdam Culture Club is another project; it of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Projects developed brings Amsterdammers and non-Dutch people together to within the Arts and Culture Memorandum include Amsterdam discuss the arts. (6) Amsterdam Green Agenda: AGA below. 67 Quélin and Smadja | HEC PARIS | SMART CITIES | The sustainable program of six leading cities | 2021