The role of the individual’s perception: Insights into the lived experience of partnering in Dutch Urban Development Projects

As Dutch Urban Development (UDM) and Partnering research seem to somewhat disconnectedly explore each other’s fields, this thesis attempts to join both domains by gaining insights into factors that promote the emergence of partnering relations between individuals working in Dutch Urban Development Projects (UDPs). Applying a practice-based...

Active versus Passive Land Policies: Urban area development in the Netherlands from a Municipal Perspective

The Dutch institutional system for urban development has traditionally been known for its implementation of active land policy by municipalities. This is an approach to land development that includes a municipality acquiring land, servicing it with infrastructure and public amenities and disposing it to a real estate developer, in which the...

Designing a partner-selection process that encourages the formation and continuation of successful partnerships

The challenges that urban area developments are facing are becoming more and more complex. Additionally, these developments often come along with major uncertainties, risks, and unknowns regarding the end-results. This has resulted in the publication of several documents in the past few years pointing out that the current tender system may not...

Upscaling the residential heat provision towards the district scale: Managing geothermal district heating development

The world has been facing a detrimental climate change since the beginning of the industrial era due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are expected to increase exponentially whereas the energy sector is the largest pollutant. Households in the Netherlands are one of the dominant final end users of energy and a transition...

Urban area redevelopment in vulnerable neighbourhoods: Unravelling the collaborative process between public and private parties

Cities are seen as important drivers of economic growth and more than ever, today’s cities are the incubators of economic renewal (PBL, 2016). The negative side of this celebrated triumph, however, is becoming more and more visible as well; reflected in an increased division between “good” and “bad” neighbourhoods (Uyterlinde & van der...

Considerations for circularity in hotel buildings and operations: The opportunity for the hotelier to reduce their environmental impact in real estate

This research concludes on the strategic and operational considerations for implementing circularity in hotel buildings and operations. Sustainable urban area developments are increasingly led by private parties and facilitated by public parties. Hotels support the make-up of a sustainable mixed-use development while also trying to reduce their...

The sale of one of the most expensive products: how do they do it: The relation between marketing and real estate development in the Dutch residential sector

Purpose: This graduation research has the purpose explore the use of marketing in real estate development projects in the residential sector, based on the characteristics of marketing on corporate level, project level and the end-user. Research question: What are the characteristics of marketing in project development, focussed on the corporate...

Real estate developers as circular service providers

<b>Purpose:</b> The implementation of Product-Service-Systems (PSSs) in real estate development project could support the shift of the real estate sector towards a more Circular Economy. With the implemen-tation of these system responsibilities of products remain with the suppliers of these products. This incentives suppliers to design products...

Facilitating urban area development - a hype or a valuable municipal role?: The facilitating role of municipalities in the urban area development process in the Netherlands. Studying the case of Rotterdam.

This graduation report studies the facilitating role of the municipality in the urban area development process in the Netherlands. Though this role is often mentioned in articles, it has not been defined due to a gap in literature and a gap in practical knowledge on the subject. This research tries to reduce that gap, by understanding the...