"Xiangcun", As A Landscape Productivity: Sustainable Countryside for Urban-rural Integration in the Greater Bay Area

The countryside is standing at the cross of its destiny due to rapid urbanization. Influenced by the historical dual urban-rural relationship, the countryside in China was regarded as the sacrifice of regional modernization. Since the reform and opening up, a miraculous expansion of cities could be seen within the Great Bay Area (GBA). However,...

Soft Spaces as a Traveling Planning Idea: Uncovering the Origin and Development of an Academic Concept on the Rise

This article analyses the academic concept of “soft spaces” from the perspective of traveling planning ideas. The concept has its origin in the United Kingdom but has also been used in other contexts. Within European Union policy-making, the term soft planning has emerged to describe the processes of cooperation and learning with an unclear...

Regional planning: an arena of interests, institutions and relations

This special issue approaches regional planning as a contested arena of strategic planning. With this view, we transcend the idea that regional planning is purely a matter of scale and approach the complexity of regional planning from three perspectives: interests, institutions and relations. The perspective of ‘interests’ reveals the various...

Introduction: historical institutionalist perspectives on European spatial planning

In a context where European integration is put into question, under the weight of external (migration, safety issues, economic) and centrifugal forces (Brexit, growing Euroscepticism), European spatial planning has been somewhat sidelined in the debates on the European Union’s goals, cohesion and future. This special issue aims to contribute...

Heritage of the ordinary: an alternative view: Strategies for using cultural heritage sites as a driver of sustainable urban [re]development in Piraeus

This thesis explored urban strategies for harnessing diverse types of cultural heritage of the ordinary urban environment in order to achieve sustainable urban development. During the past century, urban expansions took place without any special regard towards existing cultural heritage expressions. Despite the significant role of heritage in...

Shaping Indian Cities: Planning and design with smart city technologies

With the emergence of the latest concept of smart cities, there is a rapid change of lifestyle and a mass migration to cities. At the same time, cities have high demands of infrastructure such as transport and building, and resources such as food, water, and energy, as well as issues like scarcity of adequate land, unapproachable government. All...

Foodbanism: Strategy of healthy green future for Rotterdam Zuid

The project seeks a strategic planning of integrating urban agriculture into part of the green infrastructure for Rotterdam Zuid, which hopes to open up the possibilities of urban agriculture to inspire people like planners, decision makers and residents. The proposal based on the collaborative communication combining the supportive policy,...

Moving through transitions: A strategic urban design framework including the spatial conditions for a competitive environment

This thesis proposes a strategic framework in order to improve the spatial competitive position of the metropolitan area of Zagreb. A country that recently joined the European Union and had to adapt its planning system. The country and its regions, however, remain highly uncompetitive within the European Union. A research is conducted to find...

Effective strategy making, co-designing as a tool for effective strategic planning

The study explores the factors for success of long-term spatial development policies. The theoretic frame assumed that co-ownership of the content of a development policy is not enough for sustained support. Co-creation of a development vision with all relevant parties in a region or city would entail co-authorship, which enhances the chances...

Localization of Guangming New Town: Integrating the new town development in Shenzhen metropolitan periphery

The core issue of this project is to discuss the relationship between the new town and old town in the fast-growing metropolitan periphery. The main research question of my project is how Guangming new town and old town could mutually benefit from each other, aiming to formulate a process oriented and strategic planning framework to rebuild a...

Towards a Strategic Integration of the Weakest Social Groups: A Review of The Hague's Structural Visions within a Strategic, Integrated, Regeneration Plan

Curonian Spit - a place to live!

Curonian Spit is a peninsula on the seaside which is shared together with Lithuania and Russia (Kaliningrad). Since it is only accessible by water transport on Lithuanian side, it becomes hardly reachable island for Lithuanians. Due to its unique cultural landscape place also has UNESCO status under criteria V. After independence major...

Light plan - space for people: A public space strategy towards a 24 hour vitality and socio-spatial integrated inner city for Brussels

This graduation project is a practical research on the way light can be used within the urban context to create vital environments during 24 hours of the day. The connection of the lighting design with the urban design is explored with the goal of integration and regeneration of a disconnected area in the inner city of Brussels.

Multi-criteria decision analysis: A strategic planning tool for water loss management

Water utilities particularly in the developing countries continue to operate with considerable inefficiencies in terms of water and revenue losses. With increasing water demand and scarcity, utilities require effective strategies for optimum use of available water resources. Diverse water loss reduction options exist. Deciding on which option to...

Strategy as Force: Towards Effective Strategies for Urban Development Projects: The Case of Rotterdam CityPorts

In European urban development practices, there is a recurring need for new perspectives that provide insight into the complexity involved in the realization of projects. This need exists particularly around prestigious projects, where the tension between planning ambitions on the one hand, and the reality of conflicting interests and tight...

Het lange koord tussen portefeuillebeleid en investeringen van woningcorporaties

Sinds de financiële verzelfstandiging van de Nederlandse sociale-huursector in de jaren 80 en 90 van de vorige eeuw hebben woningcorporaties een grotere beleidsverantwoordelijkheid gekregen wat betreft de ontwikkeling van hun woningbestand. Dit heeft geleid tot een verhoogde activiteit in het ontwikkelen van portefeuillebeleid en tot de opkomst...

Het lange koord tussen portefeuillebeleid en investeringen van woningcorporaties

Sinds de financiële verzelfstandiging van de Nederlandse sociale-huursector in de jaren 80 en 90 van de vorige eeuw hebben woningcorporaties een grotere beleidsverantwoordelijkheid gekregen wat betreft de ontwikkeling van hun woningbestand. Dit heeft geleid tot een verhoogde activiteit in het ontwikkelen van portefeuillebeleid en tot de opkomst...

"What-if": From path dependency to path creation in a coatings chain: a methodology for strategies towards sustainable innovation