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A second life for school buildings by atelier PRO architects

Oorschot, L.M. (author)

Many educational buildings still do not have proper ventilation systems, are not sustainable in use, and contribute to the spread of Covid-19 viruses. The biggest challenge for the future is to provide attractive, useable, healthy, and sustainable educational buildings in the Netherlands. But is this challenge realistic? Old buildings are...

journal article 2022

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Are good intentions enough?: Evaluating social sustainability in urban development projects through the capability approach

Janssen, C. (author), Basta, Claudia (author)

Social sustainability is a multidimensional concept sensitive to the contexts of its application. This study explores how it is interpreted and applied in urban planning practices in which general social sustainability goals are translated into specific urban design interventions. Building upon Sen’s Capability Approach (CA), we analyse the gap...

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When “port-out – city-in” becomes a strategy: is the port–city interface conflict in Amsterdam an observation or a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (author), Louw, E. (author), Pliakis, F.A. (author), Daamen, T.A. (author)

Within the majority of port city literature, the evolution of port cities is still explained as an inevitable or ‘logical’ process whereby maritime land-uses gradually migrate from city centres towards waterfront zones with deep water access. Between the 1950s and 2000s, obsolete port areas around the world have surely become waterfront...

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Cities and infectious diseases: Assessing the exposure of pedestrians to virus transmission along city streets

Psyllidis, A. (author), Duarte, Fábio (author), Teeuwen, R.F.L. (author), Salazar Miranda, Arianna (author), Benson, Tom (author), Bozzon, A. (author)

As cities resume life in public space, they face the difficult task of retaining outdoor activity while decreasing exposure to airborne viruses, such as the novel coronavirus. Even though the transmission risk is higher in indoor spaces, recent evidence suggests that physical contact outdoors also contributes to an increased virus exposure....

journal article 2021

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Towards Fossil Free Cities—A Supermarket, Greenhouse & Dwelling Integrated Energy System as an Alternative to District Heating: Amsterdam Case Study

ten Caat, P.N. (author), Graamans, L.J.A. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)

The municipality of Amsterdam has set stringent carbon emission reduction targets: 55% by 2030 and 95% by 2050 for the entire metropolitan area. One of the key strategies to achieve these goals entails a disconnection of all households from the natural gas supply by 2040 and connecting them to the existing city-wide heat grid. This paper aims to...

journal article 2021

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The governance of live-work mix: Actors and instruments in Amsterdam and Brussels development projects

Uyttebrouck, Constance (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), Teller, Jacques (author)

This paper addresses the governance of the ‘live-work mix’. This concept refers to the renewed intertwining of living and working activities in new housing and urban development in the context of welfare state restructuring, development of the knowledge economy and globalisation. Implementing live-work goals can be difficult because a...

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Identifying Challenges and Solutions in Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse through the Historic Urban Landscape Approach in Amsterdam

Pintossi, Nadia (author), Ikiz Kaya, Deniz (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author)

Cultural heritage drives and enables sustainable urban development. The adaptive reuse of cultural heritage creates values while prolonging the lifespan of heritage. Similarly, circular economy creates value while extending the useful life of materials and elements through their reuse. Existing studies on adaptive reuse challenges seldom...

journal article 2021

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Sturing op toeristische gentrificatie in stadscentra: Lessen uit Amsterdamse stadsstraten

van Zoest, S.P. (author), Verheul, W.J. (author)

The extensive growth of urban tourism is influencing the living environment of urban citizens worldwide, which is among others due to changes in the range of commercial amenities. For example, the existing supply of retail and hospitality services is gradually changing from a focus on inhabitants to the tourist. As a result, the call for...

journal article 2020

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Challenges of Urban Living Labs towards the Future of Local Innovation

Ersoy, A. (author), van Bueren, Ellen (author)

Finding new approaches to overcome complex urban problems such as climate change has always been of interest to policymakers and academics. The changing dynamics of urban development result in the diversification of new practices during which experimentation is used to inform urban practice. Amongst these approaches, urban living labs (ULLs)...

journal article 2020

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Trends in Demand of Urban Surface Water Extractions and in Situ Use Functions

van der Meulen, E. S. (author), Sutton, N. B. (author), van de Ven, F.H.M. (author), van Oel, P. R. (author), Rijnaarts, H. H.M. (author)

Scientific literature currently lacks comprehensive understanding of urban surface water use functions. This hampers sound analysis of the demand and potential supply of these functions. This study provides a comprehensive overview of potential use functions, by integrating knowledge from ecosystem services and integrated urban water...

journal article 2020

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Understanding how Amsterdam City tourism marketing addresses cruise tourists’ motivations regarding culture

Dai, T. (author), Hein, C.M. (author), Zhang, Tong (author)

This paper argues that a gap exists between the marketing of shore excursions and cruise tourists’ expectations of ‘local flavor’ experiences. The paper first establishes that this discrepancy exists, then aims to refine the focus of marketing and promotion, and finally proposes strategies for improving cruise tourists’ satisfaction....

journal article 2019

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Planning initiative: Promoting development by the use of options in Amsterdam

Korthals Altes, W.K. (author)

The development of existing urban areas is needed to prevent urban sprawl. Several factors, including land assembly holdouts and the option value of land, contribute to landowners’ lack of initiative to develop designated sites. Urban governance measures, however, may provide the necessary solutions. By implementing policies that promote inner...

journal article 2019

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Urban hydrogeology: Transport routes and mixing of water and solutes in a groundwater influenced urban lowland catchment

Yu, Liang (author), Rozemeijer, Joachim C. (author), van der Velde, Ype (author), van Breukelen, B.M. (author), Ouboter, Maarten (author), Broers, Hans Peter (author)

Urban areas in coastal lowlands host a significant part of the world's population. In these areas, cities have often expanded to unfavorable locations that have to be drained or where excess rain water and groundwater need to be pumped away in order to maintain dry feet for its citizens. As a result, groundwater seepage influences surface...

journal article 2019

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‘Thou shalt be a (more) responsible tenant’: exploring innovative management strategies in changing social housing contexts

Costarelli, I.S. (author), Kleinhans, R.J. (author), Mugnano, Silvia (author)

The nature of housing management has often been contested between two main orientations, business-like (i.e. economic efficiency) and social welfare (i.e. social support), reflecting the dual identity of social housing providers, as both private enterprises and welfare promoters. Research shows that housing management is particularly susceptible...

journal article 2019

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Progress and Stagnation of Renovation, Energy Efficiency, and Gentrification of Pre-War Walk-Up Apartment Buildings in Amsterdam Since 1995

Oorschot, L.M. (author), de Jonge, W. (author)

Increasing the energy efficiency of the housing stock has been one of the largest challenges of the built environment in the Netherlands in recent decades. Parallel with the energy transition there is an ongoing revaluation of the architectural quality of pre-war residential buildings. In the past, urban renewal was traditionally based on...

journal article 2019

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A Geodesign Decision Support Environment for Integrating Management of Resource Flows in Spatial Planning

Arciniegas Lopez, G.A. (author), Sileryte, R. (author), Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Wandl, Alex (author), Dukai, B. (author), Bohnet, P.M.M. (author), Gutsche, Jens-Martin (author)

Improving waste and resource management entails working on interrelations between different material flows, territories and groups of actors. This calls for new decision support tools for translating the complex information on flows into accessible knowledge usable by stakeholders in the spatial planning process. This article describes an open...

journal article 2019

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Transferring Circular Economy Solutions across Differentiated Territories: Understanding and Overcoming the Barriers for Knowledge Transfer

Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Varju, Viktor (author), Amenta, L. (author)

“Learning from abroad” is a widely recognised and used means to innovate and improve strategies and policies implemented by regions and cities. However, literature on knowledge transfer and related concepts, such as policy transfer, policy mobility or lesson-drawing, highlights the limitations of this process, especially when it entails the...

journal article 2019

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From landscape to mindscape: Spatial narration of touristic Amsterdam

Dai, T. (author), Zhuang, T. (author), Yan, J. (author), Zhang, Tong (author)

The cultural attributes of architecture in touristic cities are vital to city image building, city branding, and rebranding, as well as generating more economic profits for sustainable urban development, and protecting cultural sustainability. However, many studies on this theme focus on the singularity of architecture referring to its...

journal article 2018

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Integration through Collaborative Housing?: Dutch Starters and Refugees Forming Self-Managing Communities in Amsterdam

Czischke, D.K. (author), Huisman, C.J. (author)

Since 2015, Europe has experienced an unprecedented influx of people fleeing countries facing political turmoil. Upon receiving asylum status, refugees in the Netherlands are currently regionally dispersed and individually housed in public housing. The municipality of Amsterdam has recently adopted an alternative approach, whereby young adult...

journal article 2018

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Amsterdam house price ripple effects in The Netherlands

Teye, A.L. (author), Knoppel, Michel (author), de Haan, J. (author), Elsinga, M.G. (author)

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the existence of the ripple effect from Amsterdam to the housing markets of other regions in The Netherlands. It identifies which regional housing markets are influenced by house price movements in Amsterdam. Design/methodology/approach: The paper considers the ripple effect as a lead-lag effect and a long...

journal article 2017