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Çetin, Sultan (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Straub, A. (author)
The concept of Circular Economy (CE) and its application in the built environment is an emerging research field. Scholars approach CE from various perspectives covering a wide range of topics from material innovation to city-scale application. However, there is little research on CE implementation in housing stock, particularly that which is...
journal article 2021
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Lousberg, Louis (author), Rooij, R.M. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
De ervaring leert dat veel beginnende studenten bij wetenschap denken aan het standaardmodel daarvan, met kenmerken als ‘waar’, ‘bewezen’ en ‘algemeen geldend’. Dit model komt echter voort uit een bepaalde opvattingover wetenschap; er zijn er meerdere. In deze paragraaf komen, na een in troductie van verschillende soorten wetenschap, drie...
book chapter 2020
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Jansen, B. (author), van Stijn, A. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), van Bortel, G.A. (author)
The building industry is responsible for the highest resource use, amount of waste and emissions of all industries. The principles of the Circular Economy (CE) could offer an approach to create a more sustainable built environment. For a transition towards a circular built environment, a comprehensive assessment method is needed to support...
journal article 2020
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Klamer, Pim (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Bakker, Cok (author)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper aims to disclose shared beliefs and understandings about the concept of professionalism amongst Dutch commercial real estate valuers. It examines prevailing logics of action in a mature European valuation industry and reflects on the potential influence of these logics on the occurrence of judgement bias in...
journal article 2020
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Vergara d'Alençon, L.M. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), van der Flier, C.L. (author)
In the context of social vulnerability, the house is an important social and economic resource to cope with poverty. However, low-income homeowners face constraints to maintain their houses, negatively affecting the quality of their dwellings, buildings and neighbourhoods. In the case of Chile, current studies have shown high levels of...
journal article 2019
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van Bortel, G.A. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
Affordable housing is increasingly developed, financed and managed by a mix of state, third-sector, market and community actors. This has led to the emergence of various hybrid governance and finance arrangements. This development can be seen as part of a general long-term neoliberal trend in government policies, and social, cultural and...
journal article 2019
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Vergara d'Alençon, L.M. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), van der Flier, C.L. (author)
In Chile, social condominiums are a significant part of housing for low-income households. After decades of occupancy, this housing stock shows signs of rapid deterioration and devaluation due to neglected maintenance. Given the weak governmental support in management practices, third sector organisations are positioning themselves as...
journal article 2019
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Klamer, Pim (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Bakker, Cok (author)
Purpose: Information verification is an important factor in commercial valuation practice. Valuers use their professional autonomy to decide on the level of verification required, thereby creating an opportunity for client-related judgement bias in valuation. The purpose of this paper is to assess the manifestation of client attachment risks...
journal article 2019
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van Stijn, A. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
The building sector consumes 40 % of resources globally, produces 40 % of global waste and 33 % of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Creating a circular built environment is therefore of paramount importance to a sustainable society. The housing stock can be made more circular through circular retrofitting. However, strategies and solutions...
journal article 2019
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van Stijn, A. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
Purpose: The transition to a circular economy in the built environment is key to achieving a resource-effective society. The built environment can be made more circular by applying circular building components. The purpose of this paper is to present a design tool that can support industry in developing circular building components. Design...
journal article 2019
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Gruis, V.H. (author)
By way of introduction, this chapter explains the main differences and convergences in housing provision paradigms in European and Chilean cities. From housing as part of Welfare State models, both societies have seen the replacement of the right to housing by the financialization of housing. The chapter highlights a red thread in this book,...
book chapter 2019
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Oorschot, L.M. (author), Spoormans, L.G.K. (author), El Messlaki, S. (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), de Jonge, Tim (author), van Oel, C.J. (author), Asselbergs, M.F. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), de Jonge, W. (author)
Increasing energy efficiency of the housing stock is one of the largest challenges in the built environment today. In line with the international Paris-Climate-Change-Conference 2015, Dutch municipalities and housing associations have embraced the ambition to achieve carbon neutrality for their social housing stock by 2050. However, most deep...
journal article 2018
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Gruis, V.H. (author)
other 2018
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Zairul, Mohd (author), Wamelink, J.W.F. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Heintz, John L. (author), Nasir, Nasyairi Mat (author)
The demand for housing and affordable housing specifically will always become challenges for the government of the day. The solutions at the moment between conventional construction and IBS facing quality and costing problems respectively. In this article, it proposes the introduction of circular economy in a flexible housing project. To...
journal article 2018
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Klamer, Pim (author), Bakker, Cok (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
The aim of this paper is to examine valuer judgement behaviour, by exploring the manifestation of task complexity in Dutch commercial valuation practice. For this purpose, we adopted a grounded theory approach and undertook 18 in-depth interviews with senior valuation professionals across the Netherlands. Our findings indicate a strong...
journal article 2018
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Klamer, Pim (author), Bakker, Cok (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
Valuation judgement bias has been a research topic for several years due to its proclaimed effect on valuation accuracy. However, little is known on the emphasis of literature on judgement bias, with regard to, for instance, research methodologies, research context and robustness of research evidence. A synthesis of available research will...
journal article 2017
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van der Kuij, R.S. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Nieboer, N.E.T. (author)
Dutch housing associations are in the middle of making significant changes in their organizations. Triggered by recent economic and political developments, housing associations are shifting from conducting a wide range of activities on the real estate market and related social services to a focus on ‘just’ providing social housing, combined with...
conference paper 2016
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Nieboer, N.E.T. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
After the abolishment of object subsidies for housing construction and renovation in the mid 1990s, Dutch housing associations, the main non-profit housing providers in the country, heavily relied on market activities, such as selling homes to owner occupiers, to generate income for their social activities and to contribute to urban development...
journal article 2015
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Aziabah Akanvose, A.B. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author), Elsinga, M. (author), Van der Flier, C.L. (author)
In the 1980s, the government of Ghana decided to withdraw from direct housing provision. In lieu of this, the two main institutions through which government provided and managed public housing – the TDC and SHC sold off most of their dwellings. The few remaining dwellings were transferred to local authorities to own and manage. There have been...
conference paper 2015
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Nieboer, N.E.T. (author), Gruis, V.H. (author)
Corporaties zijn zich in de jaren 2010-2013 nog meer gaan concentreren op het aanbieden van huisvesting voor lagere-inkomensgroepen dan ze al in de periode 2007/2010 deden. Door vergroting van de efficiëntie is de sector de komende jaren mogelijk in staat dezelfde prestaties te leveren tegen lagere kosten. Dit kan dan wel op gespannen voet staan...
journal article 2015
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