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Re:/Dis:/Assembling Droixhe: Post-war Social Housing Urban Ground Transformation

Kirilov, Konstantin (author)

The post-war architectural and urban design paradigm’s characteristic trait of spatial and functional determination limits the possibility for spatial adaptation and flexibility in urban spaces, struggling to face ever-steadily occurring social, economic, and climate challenges. In Droixhe - the largest post-war social housing ensemble in Liège,...

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The Forest of the Future: A reinvention of the forest as we currently know it into a multifunctional spatial structure, on land and in the sea

Bruder, Alina (author), Kaaij, Feline (author), Kortman, Filip (author), Hermans, Gilles (author), Driessen, Manou (author)

This research introduces The Forest of the Future, a transformative visionary that reimagines European forests as multifunctional, sustainable spatial structures extending over land and sea. It confronts current environmental challenges, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change, by proposing an innovative spatial strategy...

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SowGrowConnect: Circular Delta 2050: Sowing the seeds for a zero-emission society through a locally-oriented, knowledge-based greenhouse horticulture

Oosterhoff, Laura (author), Perry, L.K. (author), Weber, G.K.J. (author), Wiegers, Lotte (author), Zhou, Y. (author)

The Dutch greenhouse industry contributing 19% of the national carbon emissions, highlights its significant role in the ever-increasing environmental, social, and political challenges developing from climate change. Geopolitical tensions including the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with resource scarcity and a world population...

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Waste Houses: Messing up The Netherlands

Kurkierewicz, A.M. (author), Jaramillo Diaz, Isabella (author), Schasfoort, Julia (author), Yang, Yiling (author), van der Kraan, Madelief (author)

The Netherlands has the ambition to transition to a fully circular economy before 2050. Between this future and where we stand now, there is still a large gap. The Netherlands produces 60 million tonnes of waste per year. This fact contains two problems that this project aims to deal with: 1) the heigh of this number in the first place, and 2)...

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Nitrotopia: Dairy Farming in Transition: Recalibrating the Nitrogen Cycle

Deffner, M.A. (author), Kovács, Fruzsina (author), Pesendorfer, Jakob (author), Schepel, Floor (author), Zhai, Y. (author)

Nitrogen is an essential element of planetary life. Yet, human actions create such a surplus of its derivatives like ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) that the naturally occurring amounts doubled, causing a cascade of environmental and societal problems.<br/>Our research studies dairy farming in North-West Europe with a focus on the...

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Intergrading: Creating a Balanced Landscape, Integrating Food Production and Biodiversity in Agricultural Areas

Raap, Caspar (author), van der Vlist, Deborah (author), Kooiker, Jasper (author), Julia Sumarthinningrum Dahlan, Julia (author), Duan, Yu (author)

The Netherlands has created a large nitrogen pollution problem in its soils, which is harming biodiversity. By intensifying and industrialized farming, by importing animal feed for dairy production and fertilizer for crop farming, too much nitrogen has accumulated in the soil. Consequently, ecological processes are disturbed due to...

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Go with the Flow: Dynamize the Delta

Bijlsma, Jean (author), Timmerman, D.M. (author), Marler, Milo (author), Brouwer, Tanne (author), Lu, Y. (author)

The Netherlands, renowned for its flat landscape and strategic location at the confluence of major rivers, combined with fertile soil and a mild climate, boasts optimal natural conditions for agricultural production. However, the success of the Dutch agricultural sector and its developments has significant implications for biodiversity, as...

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AgriNature: Transitioning Agricultural Practices to Integrate Nature

Ejaz, Mahaa (author), Ter Heide, Tim (author), Prikanowski, Sandy (author), Shazly, Floyd (author), van Staveren van Dijk, Valdemarr (author)

The Netherlands holds the title of the world’s second-largest exporter of agricultural goods, primarily due to Wageningen University’s pioneering research and innovation. However, this success has led to significant challenges. Intensive farming practices have strained resources and disrupted local water and soil cycles, sparking protests from...

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Hungry for change: Research on a systemic way to tackle the nitrogen crisis

Russchen, Marieke (author), Waalders, Luc (author), de Quant, E.C.J. (author), Sutherland, M. (author), Zhou, Z. (author)

The Nitrogen Crisis has become a focal point for the global community, with the related European policy stirring uncertainty in the agricultural sector. This political unrest has been clearly manifested in the Netherlands, while natural areas remain exposed to high emission levels. Society calls for systematic solutions to the nitrogen issue...

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Grazing Towards a Greener Future: Cows, Crops and Co-ops: Restructuring the Polder landscape

Bottelier, Jonas (author), Heeskens, Juliette (author), Marshal, Melanie (author), de Reus, Myrthe (author), Ruiter, Titia (author)

The Netherlands faces a growing challenge: the escalation of nitrogen pollution, closely tied to the expansive dairy and animal husbandry industry in the country. As a predominantly dairy-based culture, the dairy industry plays a significant role in the economy, contributing to an 8% trade surplus. Dairy farms occupy 30% of the Dutch land...

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Cross me if you can: approach to CO2 through mobility in the areas of cross-border regions

Deinega, Mariia (author), Anghileri, E. (author), Wang, Yuanjie (author), Dijkstra, M.C.J. (author)

Cities are responsible for a great amount of CO2 emissions related to transportation (CBS). However, the greatest amount of CO2 is caused by private transport and is mainly associated with peri-urban (the peri-urban area is a common place to live for the natural environment and also near accessibility to city facilities) and rural areas due to...

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PowerShift: Towards a Sustainable Post-Fossil Scape

Vamvakousi, E. (author), Frithasya Jeniardina Purba, Frithasya (author), Kadys, K. (author), Ham, Nikita (author), Pfisztner, S.A. (author)

Since the Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas have provided the vast majority of energy used by our globalising civilisation. The rapid growth in energy use in the past 250 years has led to increasing fossil fuel usage, which has been the primary driver behind the ongoing climate emergency. Policy measures in...

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CO2 by mobility = 0: Network approach for reducing CO2-emissions in peri-urban areas in the Rhine – Delta region by 2050

Poggione Garcia, A. (author), van der Meer, Brenda (author), van der Meer, Harma (author), Bange, Rein (author), Klootwijk, R. (author)

The emission of CO2 is a significant contributor to global warming, with the mobility sector being a major source. The EU has set a goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, requiring substantial CO2 reduction efforts, particularly in densely populated regions like the Rhine-Delta (RDR). This region’s extensive mobility network, serving both...

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Donut Diet: Agricultural transition towards a circular, collective, and regenerative future

Bansal, Vaibhav (author), Boersma, JP (author), Schotanus, Jelle (author), Stadtlander, W. (author), de Boer, A.M. (author)

There is an imbalance in the nitrogen cycle, mainly caused by an increasingly intensive agricultural sector. This leads to the degradation of nature and the loss of biodiversity. Measures have been taken at European level to reduce the amount of nitrogen emitted by the agricultural sector, but this has caused a backlash as farmers in many...

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Sinks to Rise | From Carbon to Construction: An integrated approach of nature-based carbon storage and bio-based building materials

van den Berg, Julika (author), Ferrero, A. (author), Hoogeveen, Jesse (author), Tang, H. (author), Wempe, Emma (author)

In an era marked by pressing environmental concerns and the urgent need for sustainable solutions, our project embarked on a transformative journey, envisioning a future where nature-based strategies not only combat climate change but also foster economic prosperity and social justice.<br/><br/>With CO2 emissions reaching alarming levels and...

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Ports, Portscapes and Port Landscapes: The 100 year vision and strategy for circular and just spaces

Agterdenbos, Elena (author), Manshande, Fenne (author), Samuels, Niels (author), Sanchez Cornillot, Romane (author), Theye, Maximilian (author)

Portscapes are one of the most important hubs in the global economic system that facilitate the movement of goods and shape the socio-economic conditions of their surroundings. However, in times of climate change, they face unprec- edented challenges to completely transform their current ways of operating and fully reduce their contribution to a...

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Towards a healthy Delta: An exploration of community empowerment as a means to support the Delta’s ability to produce ecosystem

ten Bosch, Gijs (author), Tian, J. (author), Umasankar, G. (author), Voncken, Christel (author), Zwienink, Leonie (author)

Currently, the Southwestern Delta is ill. The inability to produce its essential ecosystem services hinders the Delta from being healthy. Systems that make the Delta economy prosper are the main reasons for this obstruction. If current hazards like salinisation, soil depletion, and nitrogen pollution continue; the livelihood of the peri-urban...

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A Solarpunk Energy Landscape: Decentralizing the Energy Transition Towards Sustainable Energy Communities

van der Nat, Annika (author), Nagy, E. (author), de Ruiter, Esmée (author), Osusky, Jan (author), Boot, Tijmen (author)

The EU Green Deal aims to ensure a socially just energy transition, but the shift towards renewable energies often replicates the centralized, top-down approach of traditional fossil fuel systems, negatively impacting rural areas. This report reimagines this paradigm by advocating for decentralized energy communities, particularly in regions...

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Water City Vienna - Transitioning Towards Climate Resiliency

Morscher, Leon (author)

This thesis project explores the imperative of strenghening Vienna's climate resilience through mitigating weather extremes and fostering knowledge of them by reimagining its current water and ecosystem dynamics. The central focus is on integrating a blue-green infrastructure into the urban environment and a just distribution of their services,...

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Circularity of the Everyday: A Pattern Language for the Transition towards a Circular Food System of the Everyday Life in Schalkwijk

Grimbacher, Elena (author)

The current linear food system in the Netherlands has a negative impact on the environment, requiring almost ten times the biocapacity the country has to offer. The food sector plays a big role in generating this inequality - this overconsumption, and of the entire food supply chain up to a third of food waste is generated by the consumer. The...

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