Empower people to make the city; how mental ownership can lead to a sustainable renewal

Talking about sustainability means often talking about ecological and economical sustainability. In urban renewal it is mostly about social sustainability. To realise social sustainability it is necessary to understand what people drives and how this can be created, mental ownership is in this research the base for social sustainability. Mental...

Empower people to make the city: Mental ownership as base for a social sustainable neighbourhood

In this graduation report a research is done about the role of sustainability in urban renewal, the focus is here not at ecological measures, but at socially sustainable. The conclusion is that to reach a social sustainable neighbourhood the focus should be at mental ownership in the public space.