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van Duin, Ron (author), Wiegmans, Bart (author)
This contribution proposes a future research agenda for the sustainable development of the freight corridors for the next five years. This is done by discussing three themes. i.e. (1) use of capacity, (2) lower impact modalities and (3) digitalization of the supply chain. As the corridors can be seen as the connecting lifelines of our ports and...
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Clegg, Stewart (author), Ninan, Dr Johan (author)
The concept of governmentality has proven useful to analyse how the reflexive management of people within and without the project is conducted. In this chapter we explore the organizational theory of governmentality and its importance in project settings. First, we identify the specificity of project governance and relate it to the definition...
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Sergeeva, Natalya (author), Ninan, Dr Johan (author)
Projects are peopled at all levels, and people make sense of their lives via narrative thought as the temporal and dramatic dimension of human existence is emphasized in them. Narratives organize people’s lived experiences and create order out of random incidents and events. Such an order can help them understand the passage of events and even...
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Fiebig, T. (author), Gürses, F.S. (author), Hernandez Ganan, C. (author), Kotkamp, E. (author), Kuipers, F.A. (author), Lindorfer, Martina (author), Prisse, M.M.G.C. (author), Sari, P.T. (author)
With the emergence of remote education and work in universi- ties due to COVID-19, the ‘zoomification’ of higher education, i.e., the migration of universities to the clouds, reached the public dis- course. Ongoing discussions reason about how this shift will take control over students’ data away from universities, and may ulti- mately harm the...
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Muñoz Aparici, M. (author), Domingo-Calabuig, Débora (author)
Maieutic is the Socratic method by which new knowledge is created by formulating a series of questions followed by thoughtful responses. It is a kind of birthing through a process. First, questioning will lead to the awareness of ignorance. Secondly – and consequently – the desire to repair this lack of knowledge will be awakened and; therefore,...
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Cieraad, I.G. (author)
Throughout most of the seventeenth century plague epidemics raged through Dutch cities and took their toll in an enormous loss of life. However, seventeenth-century paintings of domestic life do not show the sorrow or the death toll, but portray healthy, thriving mothers and children in sunlit interiors. The sunny imagery of the seventeenth...
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Cipriani, L. (author)
The Rhenish crater is one of Europe’s largest and deepest open-cast coal mines. Humans have transformed the landscape to the point of giving life to a new geological era. The mine is the symbol of humanity’s power over territorial, environmental, and climatic transformations at impressive levels of scale and scope.<br/>This contribution sums up...
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de Wit, S.I. (author)
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de Wit, S.I. (author)
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Muñoz Aparici, M. (author)
In the context of changing reference points that characterizes contemporary late modernity, public buildings are demanded to adapt to transforming cultural values. Buildings, static long-lasting structures, must satisfy changing purposes, programs, and users. One example of this shif tare libraries which are undergoing transformations both as an...
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Wan, Z. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Šavija, B. (author)
Compared with other self-healing mechanisms, embedding vascular networks in cementitious matrix enables repairing wider cracks and performing multiple healing cycles. For vascular-based self-healing cementitious composites, additive manufacturing (AM) allows fabricating vascular structures with complex geometry. For Fused Filament Fabrication ...
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Psyllidis, A. (author)
Can planning and design influence health and well-being in urban settings? Even though it was the public health issues faced by industrial cities that originally gave rise to the field of city planning, their paths have diverged over the years.However, how human settlements are planned, designed, and built can drastically improve or harm human...
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Veddeler, C.B. (author), Kuijper, J.A. (author), Gath-Morad, Michal (author), van der Wal, I.A. (author)
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Cavallo, R. (author)
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Shah, Jesal (author), Price, R.A. (author), de Koning, J.I.J.C. (author)
To reach the 2050 climate goals, massive socio-technical transitions are required. For requisite impact, not only industry and government need to transform, but a critical mass of society must adopt greener alternatives. However, people have a tendency to maintain the status quo and often resist change until a final moment of urgency or crisis....
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Cavallo, R. (author)
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Cavallo, R. (author)
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Pohl, D. (author), Sterken, Sven (author)
Europe and Brussels had a mutual dependency from the founding of the European Communities. This article explores the historic relation between local urban and the transnational development of post-war Europe. It ultimately raises the question to what extent there exists a dialogue between various actors involved to actively design and build the...
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Swart, J.A.A. (author), van de Poel, I.R. (author)
Hybrid potato breeding is an emerging technology that can have a strong impact on the potato sector by replacing seed potatoes with true seeds. The Netherlands is a world leader in certified seed potatoes and a number of Dutch companies play a pivotal role in the development of this technology. This implies a certain responsibility for the...
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ter Weel, T. (author), D'Oria, Mariacristina (author)
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