Challenges to government use of social media

The use of different kinds of social media by government has been steadily increasing over the last decade. National, regional and local governments often employ social media to communicate and interact with citizens, organizations and/or other government agencies. However, as many authors highlight, the use of social media by government has...

Distinct patterns of interactions between vegetation and river morphology

sessie 7 - Leren van bewonersbedrijven: Verslag

Sessie 7 - Coproductie of contraproductie?: Over de moeizame samenwerking tussen gemeenten en Bewonersbedrijven

Coproductie of contraproductie?: Over de moeizame samenwerking tussen gemeenten en Bewonersbedrijven (Sessie 7)

Leren van bewonersbedrijven: Verslag (Sessie 7)

Distinct patterns of interactions between vegetation and river morphology

Modelling vegetation and morphodynamics is often one-way traffic that either takes into account the effect of vegetation on morphodynamics or vice versa. The few models that do incorporate an interaction have until now represented vegetation as cylinders causing hydraulic resistance that do not change over time. We coupled a morphodynamic model...

Using ICT, Social Media and Mobile Technologies to Foster Self-Organisation in Urban and Neighbourhood Governance

Key Note Lecture

Fighting a losing battle? Neighbourhood-based social mobility in times of retrenching social interventions

Social mobility is a key concept in neighbourhood-based policies in Europe and the US. The Dutch neighbourhood approach often implies physical restructuring combined with a range of economic and social mobility strategies such as counselling, citizenship courses, debt relief, work training / placement programs and language courses. However, the...

Relocation counselling as a tool to prevent negative spillover effects?

Public housing revitalization relocatees often recluster in already fragile neighbourhoods where they continue to struggle with poverty and may cause nuisances and conflict in their new living environment. This paper reviews the literature on relocation counselling efforts and the appearance of negative neighbourhood spillovers connected to four...

Choice within limits. How forced relocation affects residents’ dwelling searches and trae-offs in dwelling choice

Each year, thousands of Dutch social renters have to deal with forced relocation from their dwellings slated for demolition. This is an essential part of Dutch urban restructuring policy in early post-war neighbourhoods. Usually, these relocatees have to find a new dwelling by themselves, facilitated with a priority status and an allowance for...

Forced relocation: Reason for dissatisfaction with the dwelling and the neighbourhood? (draft version)

This paper focuses on the relationship between voluntary and involuntary reasons for relocation, and the satisfaction with the dwelling and the neighbourhood. We distinguish between voluntary reasons to move and forced reasons to move (demolition or renovation versus divorce). While these separate reasons have been extensively studied in the...

Moving out and going down? A review of recent evidence on ‘Waterbed’ effects of assisted mobility and housing restructuring programs in the United States and the Netherlands (draft version)

Comparing US and Dutch experiences, this paper seeks to determine whether the demolition of public housing results in ‘waterbed effects’, i.e. the shift of crime and other social problems to nearby fragile neighbourhoods, as a result of residential relocation patterns. Notwithstand-ing fundamental contextual differences, existing research shows...

Selling houses to (presumably) low-income tenants. Can owner-occupation lead to empowerment of former social housing tenants?