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Cañizares Gaztelu, J.C. (author), Copeland, S.M. (author), Doorn, N. (author)While resilience is a major concept in development, climate adaptation, and related do-mains, many doubts remain about how to interpret this term, its relationship with closely overlap-ping terms, or its normativity. One major view is that, while resilience originally was a descriptive concept denoting some adaptive property of ecosystems,...journal article 2021
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Gonçalves, Joana (author), Mateus, Ricardo (author), Silvestre, José Dinis (author), Pereira Roders, A. (author), Bragança, Luís (author)This research applies the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to measure the gap between designers’ intentions towards heritage conservation and the actual design decisions. It aims at contributing to identify which psychological constructs (attitude, norm, perception of control) are hindering the implementation of sustainable conservation...journal article 2021
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Schifferstein, Hendrik N.J. (author), de Boer, Alie (author), Lemke, M. (author)Although governments have implemented regulations to inform consumers on important product properties and protect consumers from deceptive information, empirical research on how consumers perceive, interpret and experience food packages have shown frequently that consumers may be misled by how information is presented and packages are...review 2021
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Helbing, D. (author), Fanitabasi, F. (author), Giannotti, Fosca (author), Hänggli, Regula (author), Hausladen, Carina I. (author), van den Hoven, M.J. (author), Mahajan, Sachit (author), Pedreschi, Dino (author), Pournaras, E.P. (author)The digital revolution has brought about many societal changes such as the creation of “smart cities”. The smart city concept has changed the urban ecosystem by embedding digital technologies in the city fabric to enhance the quality of life of its inhabitants. However, it has also led to some pressing issues and challenges related to data,...journal article 2021
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Daniel, D. (author), Djohan, Dennis (author), Machairas, Ilias (author), Pande, S. (author), Arifin, Arifin (author), Djono, Trimo Pamudji Al (author), Rietveld, L.C. (author)Background: There is increasing recognition of the complexity underlying WASH conditions in developing countries. This article explores the complexity by assessing the vulnerability of a specific area to poor WASH conditions using a qualitative approach. Methods: We present our findings for the district of East Sumba in Indonesia. This area...journal article 2021
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Pryce, David (author), Memon, Fayyaz Ali (author), Kapelan, Z. (author)With the aim of reducing the environmental burden of decentralized wastewater treatment plants in India, this project investigated five primary materials (stainless steel (SS), mild steel (MS), glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP), high density polyethylene (HDPE), and reinforced concrete cement (RCC)) in terms of the relative environmental...journal article 2021
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Ackermann, L. (author), Schoormans, J.P.L. (author), Mugge, R. (author)Product care is defined as all activities initiated by consumers that encourage an extension of product lifetimes, such as repair, maintenance, and/or careful handling. A product care scale was developed and validated in a set of four related studies. In study 1, we asked experts to examine the face validity of a set of 35 items. In study 2,...journal article 2021
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Ekici, B. (author), Kazanasmaz, Tugce (author), Turrin, M. (author), Tasgetiren, Fatih (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author)High-rise building optimisation is becoming increasingly relevant owing to global population growth and urbanisation trends. Previous studies have demonstrated the potential of high-rise optimisation but have been focused on the use of the parameters of single floors for the entire design; thus, the differences related to the impact of the dense...journal article 2021
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Hamida, M.B. (author), Ahmed, Wahhaj (author), Asif, Muhammad (author), Almaziad, Faris Abdullah (author)The buildings and construction sector accounts for the majority of the energy consumption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). For a sustainable future, energy consumption in the sector should be reduced and existing buildings need to be energy retrofitted. A number of studies present energy retrofitting of residential buildings in KSA;...journal article 2021
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Sumter, Deborah (author), de Koning, J.I.J.C. (author), Bakker, C.A. (author), Balkenende, R. (author)In a recent study, we identified seven key circular competencies for design: (1) Design for Multiple Use Cycles, (2) Design for Recovery, (3) Circular Impact Assessment, (4) Circular Business Models, (5) Circular User Engagement, (6) Circular Economy Collaboration, and (7) Circular Economy Communication. These were derived from small‐scale...journal article 2021
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Gebremariam, A.T. (author), Vahidi, A. (author), Di Maio, F. (author), Moreno-Juez, J. (author), Vegas-Ramiro, I. (author), Łagosz, Artur (author), Mróz, Radosław (author), Rem, P.C. (author)This study focuses on formulating the most sustainable concrete by incorporating recycled concrete aggregates and other products retrieved from construction and demolition (C&D) activities. Both recycled coarse aggregates (RCA) and recycled fine aggregates (RFA) are firstly used to fully replace the natural coarse and fine aggregates in...journal article 2021
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Guillen Mandujano, Georgina (author), Quist, J.N. (author), Hamari, Juho (author)Considering how wicked problems, such as overconsumption, climate change, or the management of the COVID-19 pandemic rely on multiple stakeholder groups’ deliberation, this study investigates gamification's potential in participatory backcasting processes to support the emergence and growth of social innovations towards sustainability....journal article 2021
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van de Kaa, G. (author)In the past century, the amount of information that is generated has increased at an exponential rate. As a result of this information saturation process or ‘information overload’, people cannot keep pace with the information flowing towards them. Organizations can take steps towards sustainability by improving the health conditions in their...book chapter 2021
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Molaei, M. (author), Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (author), Bosch-Rekveldt, M.G.C. (author), Tamak, Robin (author)This study investigates the factors affecting the integration of sustainability into the project management of infrastructure projects, specifically highway projects during early phases. The research was drawn upon previous studies in order to develop a sustainability framework for measuring the project success in three aspects of sustainability...conference paper 2021
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Milchram, C. (author)Smart grids within the transition to sustainable energy systems Smart grid systems are widely considered as crucial in the energy transition, because they allow for greater flexibility in bridging temporal gaps between electricity supply and demand in renewable energy systems. To do so, the systems make use of information and communication...doctoral thesis 2020
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Habitat became a hotly debated topic in architecture in the 1950s, when this ecological term was introduced in the avant-garde circles of CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne) and Team 10. Next to rethinking the housing question the notion of habitat brought a profoundly new way to conceive architecture and urban planning. No...book 2020
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van Duin, Ron (author), Enserink, B. (author), Daleman, J.J. (author), Vaandrager, M. (author)The GHG-emissions of the transport sector are still increasing. This trend isaccompanied by the strong growth of the e-commerce sector, leading to moretransport movements on our road networks. In order to mitigate theexternalities of the e-commerce related parcel delivery market and try tomake it more sustainable, the following research question...book chapter 2020
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Pruyn, J.F.J. (author), van Grootheest, I.V. (author), Lafeber, Frans Hendrik (author), Scholtens, Marco (author)Stricter regulations for shipping on theemission to air and waterare introduced. To deal with this,a part of the Horizon2020 NAVAIS project is devoted to the identification of relevant regulations and the design of a tool to select the optimal combination of abatement options to achieve or go beyond the limits set by these regulations. Itis an...conference paper 2020
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Rieck, Frank (author), Machielse, Kees (author), van Duin, Ron (author)Will automotive be the future of mobility or will the motorcar era come to an end in the 21st century? Today, auto-mobility is still growing, but in the future, this will depend on its ability to adapt to the needs of modern society. Disruptive technologies like electrification, automation, and connectivity can make automotive more...journal article 2020
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Coutinho, Felipe Mariz (author), van Oort, N. (author), Christoforou, Zoi (author), Alonso González, M.J. (author), Cats, O. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)The diffusion of the smartphone and the urban sprawl is pushing both private and public actors to revisit the concept of the demand-responsive transit (DRT). Mokumflex is a DRT pilot program that replaced the regular bus service in low-density areas of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for 12 months. The close collaboration with the private enterprise...conference paper 2020