Cordaid's post-disaster shelter strategy in Haiti: Linking relief and development

Haiti was struck by a heavy earthquake in 2010 and international aid poured into the country. News reports in 2011 were not very positive about the results of post-disaster reconstruction: “The relief efforts are only putting Haiti on lifesupport instead of evolving into the next stage of development”. One of the non-governmental organisations ...

Land Strategies - Land strategies to address low-income housing in Suleimany city, Kurdistan Regional Government.

This research examines the land delivery system and development within the housing sector in Suleimany city to achieve the objective of providing affordable housing for the low-income households. The Kurdistan Region is a federated region in Iraq that has experienced very strong socio-economic growth in the last ten years coupled with a strong...

Shrinking Cities and Path Dependency

When cities started shrinking, governments felt they had to do something. Where the main reason for shrinking was the closing down of traditional industry, economic policies were the first to be introduced: first by subsidising and reorganising existing companies, later by trying to create a more diverse employment structure. Gradually it was...

Senioren Wonen in Zoetermeer - Een advies over de inzet van de instrumenten van de gemeente Zoetermeer om de mismatch op de woningmarkt van senioren te beperken / Elderly living in Zoetermeer - Recommendations for the use of steering instruments to reduce the mismatch on the housing market for the elderly

This study investigates how the Municipality of Zoetermeer can apply available instruments to reduce the mismatch on the housing market for the elderly. Results show that current residential demand does not match current supply. More three-room dwellings and more apartments are needed. Application of a model called Pyramid model shows how the...

The socioeconomic value of temporary use

Due to a large vacancy in real estate, temporary use of vacant buildings is becoming more common. This qualitative exploring research adresses characteristics of temporary use in the Netherlands and the socioeconomic value of temporary use in terms of the contribution to the neighborhood economy and upward mobility of individuals.

Leefstijl en woongenot: Evaluatieonderzoek naar tevredenheid onder bewoners met verschillende leefstijlen bij nieuwbouwprojecten

Evaluation research about the relation between lifestyles of owner-occupiers and tenants of new building projects in Rotterdam and their level of satisfaction with particular attributes of their dwelling and neigborhood.

De rol van het Woningwaarderingsstelsel in het huidige woonbeleid

Home energy monitors: Impact over the medium-term

Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS), e.g. energy monitors, are intermediary products that can visualize, manage, and/or monitor the energy use of other products or whole households. HEMS increasingly receive attention for their role in energy conservation in households. A literature review and a case study examine the mid-term effectiveness ...

The 1996 Zambia National Housing Policy

The 1996 Zambia National Housing Policy

Challenging and valuable

Challenging and valuable Inaugural speech given on May 7th 2008 at the occasion of the acceptance of the position of Professor Sustainable Housing Transformation at the faculty of Architeeture of the Delft University of Technology by Prof. J.D.M. van Hal MSc PhD.