Building the Next Generation of Digital Government Infrastructures

Digital Government Infrastructures provide generic functionalities that are used by large numbers of users. Typically, they have no central authority, are governed by networks and contain both emerging and purposefully designed parts. Their use varies over time, and a large number of individuals use them for different purposes. The basic digital...

Theory and practice of the assessment and valuation of noise from roads and railroads in Europe

This thesis took the policy-analysis framework of Marchau and Walker (2005) as a starting point for assessment and valuation of road and railroad noise impacts and its consequences for noise policy. Four research questions were answered. To what extent can international data on noise, often produced by using different national calculation...

Noise valuation in ex-ante evaluations of major road and railroad projects

In many European countries, the impact of new road and railroad infrastructure is assessed by performing a cost-benefit analysis, monetising as many relevant effects as possible. Considering that noise is a major external effect of traffic, this paper will systematically review the guidelines for monetising noise in different European countries....

Ruimtelijke inpassing van lijninfrastructuur: Een onderzoek naar de geschiktheid van inspraakreacties voor het beoordelen van lijninfrastructuurontwerpen

Constructing metropolitan landscapes of actuality and potentiality

The Flat City space syntax model (Read, 2005), has been developed to extend the functionality of the space syntax method into the ‘periphery’ (the metropolitan) of the contemporary metropolitan city, and to provide a method for describing and evaluating the form of contemporary urban landscapes. The Flat City model proposes that the environment...

Infrastructure and firm dynamics: A micro simulation approach

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Policy analysis for participatory policy making

The thesis develops a set of guidelines for improving policy analysis supporting policy making on spatial issues. For this first the main problems in the field of policy processes on spatial issues and the way analysis contributed to them or helped alleviate them were analysed. Analytical practice is shown to be generally related to these...

Rail estate, multiple use of space and railway infrastructure

The demand for new development sites, coupled with a wish to preserve green areas outside cities, is provoking increasing interest in inner-city redevelopment. All over Europe, projects of multiple use of space are appearing that involve developing high-quality buildings in which to live and work, while taking account of the history of the city...

Port investment: Towards an integrated planning of port capacity

This study supports strategic planning of a node in a transportation network. It contributes to this by the development of a methodology for planning of port capacity in which port-commercial and public interests are integrated. The focus is the reaction of a single port on a change in the transportation network. A scenario for such change,...

The ecology of metals

Physical safety in multiple use of space

As a consequence of an ever-growing population land is getting scarcer, especially in urban areas. In the last decade, the space available above transport infrastructure - such as roads and railway tracks - and existing buildings is being exploited more and more frequently in city centres. The safety issue in such projects should be considered...

Megacorridors in North West Europe: Investigating a new transnational planning concept

BOSS Study tour 2002, Mexico

This report presents the experiences of students and staff during a study tour through Mexico City. This tour took place from June 28 till July 14, 2002, and has been organized by the Building Organization Student Society (BOSS). BOSS is the student’s organization of the Department of Real Estate and Project management of the Faculty of...

Clustering of Infrastructure

Bundling or converging infrastructure has been the leading principle for locating infrastructure since the mid seventies. It is assumed to offer certain advantages, such as a restriction of severance, consumption of free space and environmental hindrance. However, the concept of converging infrastructure has not always found its way to practise....