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Osinga, Susanna (author)Youth participation is becoming increasingly important in municipal governance. However, despite the introduction of new tools, podcasts, and events designed to foster participation, engaging young voices in policy-making remains a challenge. This project explores whether a different perspective on this challenge can lead to more meaningful...master thesis 2024
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Piekema, Annelotte (author)Delayed maintenance is a major issue in Europe, including the Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam recently started a large-scale maintenance project to renew (renovate or replace) many bridges: an issue that other cities will have to face soon. Decision-making for bridge programming (deciding which bridges should be renewed simultaneously using...master thesis 2023
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Dekker, Joanne (author)This study is about young adults who cannot work or study due to mental health problems. When they turn 18, they have to wait for new care because of the transition from youth care to the adult social domain. This is why they are referred to as the W18 (waiteen) in this report.<br/><br/>Besides waiting time, this study outlines four other...master thesis 2022
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Gräffner, Puck (author)Citizens experience a growing gap between their lived world and that of governmental institutions. The historical low turnup rate of last municipal elections in Rotterdam, 39%, reflect the low trust people have in the municipality and how they feel unrepresented by the city council. Because of this, municipalities are striving to bring politics...master thesis 2022
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Smid, Hugo (author)Due to the limited quantitative and qualitative supply of elderly housing and an increasing demand for alternative housing forms, more and more resident initiatives arise in the Netherlands. However, it is evident from these resident initiatives that municipal processes lack focus, cooperation and experience with resident initiatives such as...master thesis 2022
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Peet, Eva (author)In 2015, due to decentralisations in the social domain, municipalities became the key public authorities for youth participation in the Netherlands (RAND Europe, 2021). One year later 66% had made youth participation a policy goal, while 18% was planning to. At that time most municipalities involved young people to some extend in their policy...master thesis 2022
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van Deursen, Julian (author)We have come to a point in time where we can no longer just vision, but must act. We are talking about the transition from waste to material. The normal course of business around raw materials is a heavily environmentally polluting business, which contributes to global warming. In 2015, 196 countries signed the Paris Agreement, agreeing to a...master thesis 2021
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Pappa, Athina (author)The aim of this thesis was to investigate the evolution of Ilissos and Kifissos river basins in Athens, Greece and the ways this evolution was influenced by specific human factors. The dynamics of the human-water interactions have been studied in the frame of sociohydrology and the central key was to study the impact society had on the...master thesis 2021
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Mercan, Murat (author)The Netherlands is well-known for their long-standing tradition in spatial planning and growth management. Before the crisis of 2008, the municipalities carried out an active land policy in urban development projects, however this approach was not crisis-proof and is subject of change contemporarily. The new Environment and Planning Act expected...master thesis 2021
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Henrich, Birgit (author)In 2018 the Dutch national government announced its decision to end natural gas extraction. This decision poses a challenge for local governments (municipalities) which have to organize a heat supply that is natural gas-free. Energy models can decrease the complexity of this challenge, but some challenges hinder the effective use of energy...master thesis 2020
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Mustika Siti Hajarini, Mustika (author)The national government of the Netherlands has mandated heat transition to the municipality as part of the global execution of climate agreement. However, despite many guides has been offered, municipal heat-transition policy is a tricky matter that the municipal policy-makers struggle to grasp. To support the systematic municipal heat...master thesis 2020
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Schmidt, Nadine (author)Currently the world is dealing with a pandemic. The world has stopped, and people are distancing from each other. However, this large crisis is not the only crisis the world is currently dealing with. Climate change is affecting the world drastically since the last century. Our current way of development must stop to deal with this change. This...master thesis 2020
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Joustra, Heleen (author)The city of Amsterdam is following the ambitions of the National Government to operate a fully circular economy in 2050. To do so, circular urban area development (UAD) must become standard. As a start, Buiksloterham is declared as a circular urban area development project by over twenty participating parties including the municipality of...master thesis 2020
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van Tiel, Lars (author)The Dutch housing market is currently dealing with a significant dwelling deficit, which results in the need to accelerate the development of large quantities of dwellings in the urban areas. This thesis studies the redevelopment of inner-city industrial sites into mixed work-residential areas, especially focussing on the collaboration process...master thesis 2018
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Hoekstra, Eke (author)Nowadays, a worldwide urbanisation trend can be observed. In the Netherlands, it is expected that the population of the four largest cities will be increased with an average of 15% in 2030. In total, these four big cities will accommodate a third of the Dutch population in 2030 (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek & Planbureau voor de...master thesis 2018
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van Eeden, Bob (author)Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) is responsible for the design, construction, management, and maintenance of the central infrastructure facilities in the Netherlands. To improve project management, RWS developed a management methodology called Integral Project Management (IPM). At the basis of the IPM model are seven construction processes which are...master thesis 2017
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Warendorf, Jip (author)This master thesis is the report of the graduation project ‘Supporting citizen initiatives - the design of a platform for the neighbourhood budget of the Frederik Hendrikbuurt’ for the municipality of Amsterdam and more specifically the municipal participation innovation team OpenStadsdeel. The report describes the design of a platform that aims...master thesis 2017
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Pennings, R.P. (author)De toekomstige demografische ontwikkelingen in het landelijk gebied zijn steeds onzekerder geworden. Maar gemeenten houden vast aan oude gewoontes en geloof in groei. Het lijkt alsof gemeenten geen beeld hebben van de effecten van hun huidig beleid, zowel nu als in de toekomst en de mogelijke problemen die hierdoor veroorzaakt kunnen worden....master thesis 2012
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Husson, J.P. (author)Various studies indicate that the frequency and intensity of pluvial flooding, groundwater flooding, drought and heat stress will increase in The Netherlands. This is why it is important for Dutch municipalities to have a method for the assessment of vulnerability. However, vulnerability is not directly measurable. Methods to assess the...master thesis 2012