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Rinaldi, Lorenzo (author), Golinucci, Nicolò (author), Guerrieri, Giulia (author), Sanvito, F.D. (author), Rocco, Matteo Vincenzo (author), Colombo, Emanuela (author)
Investing in low-carbon technologies, including light-duty vehicles, is a strategy to decarbonize the residential sector and private mobility. This work aims to assess the parameters driving the economic convenience of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for a household, and what are the economic implications of BEV adoption on the total cost of...
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Du, Y. (author), Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
The governmental initiative of high-quality development (HQD) marks a shift in the Chinese development paradigm from prioritizing speed to prioritizing quality towards comprehensive goals of economic growth, social vitality, innovation capacity, industrial upgrading, regional cooperation, and green transformation. This initiative is...
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Newton, C.E.L. (author), Yu, Hsinko Cinco (author), Czischke, D.K. (author), Bracken, G. (author), Goncalves, J. E. (author), Höller, L. (author), Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Qu, L. (author), Rooij, R.M. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author), Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (author), Chereni, S.C. (author), Balz, Verena Elisabeth (author)
Based on the understanding of the built environment as result of competing claims on space that must be resolved via recognition, fair distribution of burdens and benefits of our human association, respect and care for the planet and just procedures to decide on those claims, Spatial Planning and Strategy is a chair in the Department of Urbanism...
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Namwanje, Priscilla (author), Muñoz Sanz, V. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
This article explores the use of the pattern language approach in bridging the gap between formal and informal urban planning practices in the African context. This study focuses on a case application within the urbanised region encompassing the Nakivubo wetland located in Kampala, Uganda. As in other cities in Africa with a colonial past,...
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Lombardi, F. (author), Rocco, Matteo Vincenzo (author), Belussi, Lorenzo (author), Danza, Ludovico (author), Magni, Chiara (author), Colombo, Emanuela (author)
The decarbonisation of residential heat through integration with the power system and deployment of refurbishment policies is at the core of European energy policies. Yet, heat-electricity integration may be challenged, in practice, by the large variability of heat demand across weather years. Current approaches for residential heat demand...
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Newton, C.E.L. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
In Paraisópolis, a slum in São Paulo (Brazil) housing over 100.000 inhabitants, the Covid crisis seemed to have less of a death toll (0,0217%) than in other areas of the city (an average of 0,0652% as of May 2020); or at least it did at first. The sense of community in the area is strong, leading to many community initiatives and organisations...
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Rocco, Roberto (author), Pojani, D. (author)
This exploratory study assesses the utility, in terms of learning and conceptualizing planning, of a role-playing exercise (the Great Planning Game [GPG]) and a serious game (Polis PowerPlays [PPP]) employed in a planning theory course offered at The University of Queensland in Australia. The study reveals that role-playing and serious gaming...
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Rooij, R.M. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author), Hausleitner, B. (author), Newton, C.E.L. (author), Aalbers, K.P.M. (author)
This article describes the TU Delft's 2020 experiences during the pandemic in teaching and learning urban design and planning for (post-)COVID-19 times. The article presents the view why, that and how the themes of spatial resilience<br/>and governance resilience should be emphasized in urbanism curriculums. Additionally, it discusses the value...
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Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Spaans, M. (author), Fernandez Maldonado, A.M. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
EU Cohesion Policy has arguably the most tangible impact on the citizens’ environment and livelihoods and can potentially boost their attachment to the European project. Beyond the cross-national transactionalist hypothesis, Cohesion Policy spending has a local impact and may affect the lives of citizens who do not benefit directly from cross...
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Tempels Moreno Pessôa, I. (author), Vergara d'Alençon, L.M. (author), Korthals Altes, W.K. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are becoming a popular educational tool in different disciplines. Urban planning education is no exception and new MOOCs are being released every year. Despite this, it is still not clear how this new learning experience is being developed, delivered, and impacting upon planning education. This article sheds...
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Rooij, R.M. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author), Bracken, G. (author)
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is the leading institution in the Netherlands for research and education in urbanism. Planning, design and technology traditionally form the key pillars of ‘Dutch urbanism’. The year 2008 marked the beginning of a new section with a new professor at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built...
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Pojani, Dorina (author), Kimpton, Anthony (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
This study examines the conceptualizations of planning research by more than two hundred Master’s students enrolled in planning schools located throughout four continents. The study is set in the context of theories on the two main traditions of planning thought: “planning as a social science” and “planning as design.” The findings reveal that...
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Rocco, Roberto (author), Royer, Luciana (author), Mariz Gonçalves, Fabio (author)
This article characterizes spatial planning in Brazil from a normative point of view. Because of Brazil’s vast geography and uneven development, it is not possible to describe how spatial planning is carried out in all quarters of the country. We explore key aspects of spatial planning in the country using policy goals, the legal and...
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Wandl, Alex (author), Rooij, R.M. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
To improve the ecosystem service provided by open spaces in dispersed urban areas is a key challenge for sustainable spatial development in Europe. The typology presented in this article illustrates the different potentials that open spaces in territories-in-between have across 10 cases in Europe. Unlike other typologies, neither function nor...
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Rocco, Roberto (author)
This paper addresses the make-up and the limitations of a multi-level governance approach in tackling issues of fuel poverty and energy transition connected to poverty in England. Although the English planning framework offers unparalleled opportunities for innovative governance arrangements, and although much has been done in this area by...
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Rocco, Roberto (author)
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Rocco, Roberto (author)
Hard infrastructure are often purposed by urbanists to facilitate further economic and societal Hard infrastructure are often purposed by urbanists to facilitate further economic and societal development. However, the recent protests in Brazil and Turkey against the urban plans told the development. However, the recent protests in Brazil and...
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Rocco, Roberto (author)
Can the Netherlands effectively and fairly contribute to development in the Global South? What is the role of the University in preparing professionals and critical minds to do so?
journal article 2015
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Rocco, Roberto (author)
It is very difficult to discuss the issue of spatial justice within the context of a country that enjoys so much of it. The Netherlands is probably one of the places in the world where the overarching objectives of spatial planning and design have been most fully attained: healthy, fairly sustainable and mostly prosperous cities with few signs...
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Plijter, EB (author), van der Voordt, Theo (author), Rocco, Roberto (author)
Purpose: to provide a better insight into the role of national cultures on the management and design of workplaces of multinationals in different countries.<br/>Design/methodology/approach: This explorative study is based on an extensive literature review of dimensions of national culture in connection to corporate real estate management,...
journal article 2014
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