Evaluating the impact of Nature-based Solutions: A Summary for Policy Makers

Assessing the impacts of nature-based solutions is essential to understand their effectiveness in addressing current interrelated societal challenges. Robust impact evaluation supports practitioners to understand and document the outcomes of nature-based solutions, resulting in improved quality, efficiency and effectiveness at various stages of...

WAYS to study and research urban, architectural and technical design

This methodological book describes eight forms of study and research as they relate to design: 1) naming and describing; 2) design research and typology; 3) evaluating; 4) modelling; 5) programming and optimising; 6) technical study; 7) design study; 8) study by design. It includes the views, design related research projects and research methods...

Searching for data: A method to evaluate the effects of working in an innovative office

In February 1996 the Dutch Government Buildings Agency and Delft University of Technology, department of Real Estate & Project Management entered into a long-term co-operation to do research on workplace innovation. This research co-operation is aimed at analysing the impact of new workplace environments on the 'performance' of organisations...