Hotterdam: How space is making Rotterdam warmer, how this affects the health of its inhabitants, and what can be done about it

Background Heat waves will occur in Rotterdam with greater frequency in the future. Those affected most will be the elderly – a group that is growing in size. In the light of the Paris heat wave of August 2003 and the one in Rotterdam in July 2006, mortality rates among the elderly in particular are likely to rise in the summer. Method The aim...

Hotterdam: Hoe ruimte Rotterdam warmer maakt, hoe dat van invloed is op de gezondheid van inwoners, en wat er aan te doen is

Achtergrond Hittegolven komen in de toekomst vaker voor in Rotterdam. Daarbij zijn vooral ouderen kwetsbaar, een groep die in omvang groeit. Gelet op de Parijse hittegolf van augustus 2003 en de Rotterdamse hittegolf van juli 2006 neemt de kans toe op een verhoogde sterfte onder met name oudere inwoners in de zomerperiode. Methode Het doel van...

Flowscapes: Designing infrastructure as landscape

Social, cultural and technological developments of our society are demanding a fundamental review of the planning and design of its landscapes and infrastructures, in particular in relation to environmental issues and sustainability. Transportation, green and water infrastructures are important agents that facilitate processes that shape the...

Amsterwarm: Gebiedstypologie warmte-eiland Amsterdam

Drie kaarten, gemaakt in het kader van het Amsterwarm onderzoek, brengen de kwetsbaarheid van Amsterdam voor het warmte-eiland effect gedetailleerd in beeld: typologie ruimtegebruik, typologie kwetsbaarheid bewoners en typologie energie-efficiënte werkplek.

Exploring the Visual Landscape

Exploring the Visual Landscape is about the combination of landscape research and planning, visual perception and Geographic Information Science. It showcases possible ways of getting a grip on themes like: landscape openness, cluttering of the rural landscape, high-rise buildings in relation to cityscape, historic landscapes and motorway...

Architecture and the Built Environment: Research in Context 2003-2009

This publication provides an overview of TU Delft’s and Berlage’s most significant research achievements in the field of architecture and the built environment, produced over the years 2003–2009. The publication is produced in preparation for the Dutch 2010 research assessment exercise Architecture and the Built Environment. However,...

Urbanism PhD Research 2008 - 2010

To ensure the quality of the Ph.D. research the Department introduced a special procedure for periodic evaluation: after a period of nine months the potential Ph.D. candidates are asked to present their research design, theoretical framework and methodological approach to the members of the Department and to an external review, drawn up by the...

Urbanism on Track: Application of tracking technologies in urbanism

Tracking technologies such as GPS, mobile phone tracking, video and RFID monitoring are rapidly becoming part of daily life. Technological progress offers huge possibilities for studying human activity patterns in time and space in new ways. Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) held an international expert meeting in early 2007 to...

Street-level desires, Discovering the city on foot: Pedestrian mobility and the regeneration of the European city centre

Pedestrian mobility and the regeneration of the European city centre. Cities can be chaotic and confusing places at the best of times – even for local people! Spatial Metro, a project largely funded by the EU, aims to make city visits more enjoyable for pedestrians by making cities easier to navigate, easier to walk around and easier to...

Connected Cities: Guide to good practice underground space

This guide to good practice underground space is developed within the framework of the EU-funded INTERREG IIIC project ‘Connected Cities’. It focuses on how a strategic use of underground space can facilitate sustainable modes of transportation and mobility in urban and rural areas. Twelve strategic European projects are evaluated for their good...

Stedelijke transformaties: Actuele opgaven in de stad en de rol van de stedebouwkundige discipline

Het onderzoekprogramma 1992-1997 van de (inmiddels voormalige) vakgroep Stedebouwkunde, Faculteit der Bouwkunde, Technische Universiteit Delft heeft twee onderzoekvelden omvat: Metropoolvorming en Stedelijke transformaties. Dit boek geeft een overzicht van de conclusies van de deelprojecten van het onderzoek naar de stedelijke transformaties.

Innovation in shortsea shipping: Self-loading and -unloading unitload shipsystems (S-curve shift in the handling of unitloads)

This book is not about the technology of a selfloading and unloading ship system, but about the constraints and conditions under which shortsea shipping can compete against other modes, on the level of transit time, frequency of departure, quality of service and of course, in price. The environmental benefits will be treated "pro-memorie" in...