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van Overveld, Robert (author)
Citizen participation is frequently mentioned in debates about our urban environment but proves difficult to be meaningful in practice. Often, participation is characterised by intransparency, poor communication and distrust. It is a loss seen the potential positive effects of influential civil participation that could help us overcome problems...
master thesis 2023
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Knize, Stephany (author)
Focusing on the renewal, regeneration, and reinvention of spaces in the historic centre of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, this study investigates the impact that public space has on the formation of social unity, based on established practices of behaviour and appropriation. Furthermore, this research was developed within a specific framework for...
master thesis 2022
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Murawska, Kinga (author)
The proximity of rivers stimulated the development of the economy and culture of civilizations throughout the ages. Consequently, the advancements in technology allowed people to influence the riverine systems. In riparian areas, such as the Vistula River Delta, the river was regulated and the land was reclaimed to accommodate agriculture,...
master thesis 2021
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Wang, Jiawei (author)
The removal of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in the aquatic environment is crucial to avoid health hazards. Zeolites have been confirmed as a selective adsorbent and can effectively remove target OMPs. To achieve sustainable application of adsorbents, regeneration of zeolites is required. <br/>The objective of this study was to investigate the...
master thesis 2020
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He, Mingjing (author)
The wide application of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and personal care products cause an increasing contamination of aquatic systems. Adsorption by zeolites is a promising process to remove target organic micro-pollutants (OMPs) selectively from water bodies. In order to have a sustainable adsorption process, restoring the adsorption capacity of...
master thesis 2019
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Stubbs, Robby (author)
Informal actors possess a practical knowledge of the city, a sort of ‘secret know-how’, of how to move and operate in an environment that is unwelcoming to them. How could this knowledge be used as a tool or input of urban design? By considering the knowledge and ways of operating of the informal actors in a city, the following research has...
master thesis 2019
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Kaik, Maria Kaik (author)
The project seeks to bridge the gap between the disciplines of the Ecology Restoration and Architecture. It is a result of the research, which shows that restoration does not mean bringing the environment to the state of the default. Instead, this time based, prone to disturbances process, should strive for the intensification of novelty...
master thesis 2019
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Wu, Yihui (author)
This project aims to take the Xipailou neighborhood- a deprived mixed-use neighborhood in the city center as the primary case for studying regeneration, try to formulate a more comprehensive regeneration approach that improves the livability. The process is different from the current top-down regeneration approach in China. Based on the...
master thesis 2018
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Abinzano, F. (author)
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the joints that reduces physical function and leads to chronic pain. It occurs mostly in persons from an age of 50 years of older and can be considered a disease of the aging population. Although there is no clear evidence of its effects, induced hyperthermia is sometimes prescribed to these patients...
master thesis 2016
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Baars, G. (author)
The blokhuispoort, a former prison set just inside the old city centre of Leeuwarden, is in urgent need of a significant change. The position of Capital of Culture (ECOC) that Leeuwarden will fulfil in 2018, brings opportunities to regenerate the blokhuispoort and the direct surroundings. Hitherto, studies exist about the intangible impact of...
master thesis 2016
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Kwong, K.C.S. (author)
"From High Line to Hudson" focuses on reconnecting the waterfront to its inner city grid. The project is based in the area of Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City. Much of New York City’s waterfronts have become disconnected to its inner public realm. In the case of Manhattan, multi-lane highways and large industrial lots exist in some areas to...
master thesis 2014
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Hendriks, B.T.R. (author)
An approach to anticipate on new built regeneration projects in order to improve deprived deprived neighbourhoods.
master thesis 2014
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Van der Veer, J. (author)
The main goal of this design exercise is to recreate the ‘heart’ of Rotterdam South, by providing the conditions for a vibrant, public city life. This heart will – in contrast to the shopping mall – be formed by outdoor spaces, like streets and squares, and be welcome to pedestrians and cyclists. The centre of Rotterdam South will be marked...
master thesis 2014
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Van Heemstra, J.D.C. (author)
The regeneration of the area Zaandam Kogerveld was initiated by a Hospital. The Hospital reintegrates with the city and is placed on a central location - next to the station Kogerveld. By placing the Hospital, the area receives a new identity and a dwelling character. The Hospital is altered to connect with it's surrounding urban structure and...
master thesis 2013
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Kokhuis, K. (author)
The area around the Maashaven in Rotterdam South is short of larger recreational public space, which is a drawback to attract starters and young families to this socially segregated area. Like in many other Northern European cities, the harbour currently divides successful and the deprived neighbourhoods and awaits a new function now the...
master thesis 2013
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Reynolds, A. (author)
master thesis 2013
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Paraschou, S. (author)
The urban and dwelling development of Bos en Lommer district, at the time of its realisation, was aiming at attracting people in order to offer them better living conditions. Nowadays, the area has become dull and resembles in many spots an abandoned place, mainly because of separation between the different ethnic or social groups who reside it....
master thesis 2013
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Ouwerkerk, U.P. (author)
master thesis 2013
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Klinkhamer, D.J. (author)
Cities have always been built near water: about 90 of the world’s 100 biggest cities are built on coast or rivers. River cities displayed an intimate and complex relationship with water, which was never considered as a limit but rather as an extension of the urban fabric. However during the industrialization the waterway network lost its...
master thesis 2012
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Stobbe, A. (author)
Almere is a city facing a duality of problems; on the one hand, the older districts show increasing signs of degeneration inside the current city while on the other hand the municipality has a huge, but currently very uncertain outwards driven growth ambition to double the city beyond the current borders. During the project analyses have been...
master thesis 2012
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