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Urbani, S. (author), Van Bortel, G.A. (author)
This paper describes social housing developments in Lombardy, one of the most affluent regions in the Italy. Housing policy in Italy is mainly the responsibility of the Regions. We discuss the challenges of social housing provision and the interplay between market, state, community and third sector actors to provide affordable homes. However,...
conference paper 2009
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Gerritsen, A. (author), Stuiver, M. (author), Termeer, C. (author), Werkman, R. (author)
Rural regions in the Netherlands cope with the challenge of sustainable rural development in a complex network context. There is neither consensus on facts nor consensus on values about what is sustainable and what not. Literature suggests knowledge governance as a promising form of governance. It focuses on the coordinative power of knowledge...
conference paper 2010
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Dendler, L. (author)
To facilitate more sustainable consumption different actors have introduced various labeling schemes providing information about a products environmental, social or other attributes. Many argue however that the multiplicity of existing schemes has caused confusion for both producers and consumers. To reduce this confusion there have been calls...
conference paper 2010
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Gottlieb, S.C. (author), Jensen, J.S. (author)
Projects have traditionally been constituted by contracts, whose enforcement is held in place by governance mechanisms that involve high degrees of surveillance. In this light, partnering is advocated as a project specific, communicative alternative to this traditional legal coordination process of the construction industry. In a Danish context...
conference paper 2011
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Van der Voort, H.G. (author)
Public regulators are increasingly accepting helping hands for carrying out their regulatory activities – such as standard setting, information gathering, and enforcement. These helping hands often belong to private actors that also regulate businesses for their own compliance programs, like industry associations and scheme managers. One can...
conference paper 2014
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Wilkinson, S.J. (author), Remøy, H.T. (author)
The built environment contributes 40% to total global greenhouse gas emissions and 87% of the buildings we will have in 2050 are already built. If predicted climate changes are correct we need to adapt existing stock sustainably. Reuse is an inherently sustainable option, which reduces the amount of waste going to landfill. Inevitably...
conference paper 2015
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Waterhout, B. (author)
Soft space governance arrangements are emerging all over Europe and at all geographical scales. Soft space approaches complement, but do not come in place of statutory planning. They are a reaction on and reflection of the changing context in which planning aims to be effective and as such indicate a reworking of the boundaries of the planning...
conference paper 2010
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Rocco, Roberto (author)
NUL - New Urban Languages Conference Proceedings: Re-imaging the City after the Knowledge Based Turn, Milan, Italy, 19-21 June 2013 - Designing and planning cities are profoundly political activities. There are no purely value-free or ‘technical’ solutions to urban problems: all decisions in urban development are political decisions insofar they...
conference paper 2013
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Vernay, A.L. (author), Pandis, S. (author), Salcedo Rahola, T.B. (author), Ravesteijn, W. (author)
More than half of the world population lives in urban areas concentrating and increasing the magnitude of social and environmental impacts. The potential role of cities in a transition to a sustainable society started to be widely recognized after the 1992 Rio conference where the Agenda 21 program was signed. Since then, a number of urban...
conference paper 2010
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Waterhout, B. (author), Louw, E. (author), Zonneveld, W.A.M. (author)
This paper draws attention to a case in which Natura 2000 regulation, problematic ecological conditions, governance congestion and the aim to develop large urban projects are to go hand in hand in the soft space of the Markermeer-IJmeer area, a 30 by 25 km lake in the centre of the Netherlands. The key interest is how central regulation is...
conference paper 2013
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van Bortel, G.A. (author), Mullins, D.W. (author), Deuten, J. (author), Petia, S. (author), van Overmeeren, A.J. (author), Gilmour, T. (author), Dankert, R. (author)
conference paper 2009
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Waterhout, B. (author), Zonneveld, W.A.M. (author), Louw, E. (author)
This paper draws attention to a case in which Natura 2000 regulation, problematic ecological conditions, governance congestion and the aim to develop large urban projects are to go hand in hand in the Markermeer-IJmeer area, a 30 by 25 km lake in the centre of the Netherlands. The key interest is how central regulation is interpreted to fit...
conference paper 2014
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Anker, P.D.C. (author)
This paper is intended to contribute to the debate on the best way forward in governance of the radio spectrum. The traditional spectrum management regime has shown a number of weaknesses: Some of the portions of the spectrum are hardly used, when considered in time and place, and the regime is slow in responding to changes in the market and to...
conference paper 2013
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Von Geibler, J. (author), Wiesen, K. (author), Pastewski, N. (author), Schnabel, F. (author), Rohn, H. (author)
This paper addresses governance strategies to promote the implementation of resource efficient technologies and products in order to create sustainable innovation. The paper highlights results from a global mapping study of products and technologies with high resource efficiency potential. The results are based on a methodological framework,...
conference paper 2010
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Rijke, J.S. (author), Van Herk, S. (author), Zevenbergen, C. (author), Ashley, R. (author)
In the Netherlands and many other developed countries, flood management is transitioning from sectoral engineering approaches to more integrated approaches. The 2.3 billion Euro Room for the River programme plays an important role in this transition, because it is the first large scale infrastructure programme in the Netherlands that breaks with...
conference paper 2012
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Schoenmaker, R. (author), Verlaan, J.G. (author)
Asset managers of civil infrastructure are increasingly outsourcing their maintenance. Whereas maintenance is a cyclic process, decisions to outsource decisions are often project-based, and confusing the discussion on the degree of outsourcing. This paper presents a six-stage model that facilitates the top-down discussion for analysing the...
conference paper 2013
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Rukanova, B.D. (author), Tan, Y. (author), Hamerlinck, Robin (author), Heijmann, Frank (author), Ubacht, J. (author)
Circular economy and sustainability are high on the political agendas of governments. Governments, but also other actors like banks, insurance companies, and auditing firms play a key role in setting (regulatory) requirements, instruments and incentives, as well as monitoring mechanisms to stimulate and monitor CE activities. Governance of CE...
conference paper 2021
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Christiaanse, R.M.J. (author)
Governance can be understood as the system by which actors in society are directed and controlled. Given the trinity "Institution, Market and Organization"a pressing question is: which governance structure minimizes the transaction costs in governing and controlling in the build and service design for organizations similar to a city? We...
conference paper 2022
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van der Maden, W.L.A. (author), Lomas, J.D. (author), Hekkert, P.P.M. (author)
The COVID-19 pandemic has put wellbeing on the global agenda like never<br/>before. Many businesses, organizations, and even governments have recognized<br/>wellbeing as a formal policy goal. This paper addresses the question of how to design<br/>complex systems to improve the wellbeing of their stakeholders. We present a case of<br/>helping a...
conference paper 2022
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Visscher, H.J. (author), Meijer, F.M. (author)
The goals of energy saving and CO2 reductions to create an energy neutral building stock seem only to be reached by strict and supportive governmental policies. In Europe the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive are driving forces for Member States to develop and strengthen energy performance regulations...
conference paper 2016
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