European housing strategies, financing mechanisms and outcomes

Crossing borders with planners and developers and the limits of lesson-drawing

As a result of new legislation and regulations, changing governance structures and other trends such as globalisation spatial planning and development practices change. Although many countries face the same trends, these are often translated on a tailor-made basis into planning practice. Can we learn from each other? In this paper we compare...

Automatic repair of CityGML LOD2 buildings using shrink-wrapping

The LoD2 building models defined in CityGML are widely used in 3D city applications. The underlying geometry for such models is a GML solid (without interior shells), whose boundary should be a closed 2-manifold. However, this condition is often violated in practice because of the way LoD2 models are constructed and exchanged. Examples of the...

We are all ordinary people: Perceptions of class and class differences in personal relationships

This paper examines people’s perceptions of class and class differences—in general and with regard to personal relationships. Data from an original survey on personal networks (n=195) shows that most people think they are middle class, although many lower class respondents classify themselves as working class. In addition, according to...

Housing system reform: Expert opinions and political reality in the Netherlands

This paper describes to what extent a more or less collective feeling of urgency to reform the Dutch housing market is addressed in the political arena. By doing that, it sheds some light on the effectiveness and influence of academic research and recommendations on the political decision making process. We conclude that the suggestion of...

Climate change effects on living quality; awareness of housing associations

A changing climate can have a large influence on the living quality of houses. A case study was carried out on the level of awareness of housing associations. This study forms the start of a research project on governance strategies for adaptation in residential buildings. A content analysis on climate change related topics was pursued on the...

Approaches of national 3D mapping: Research results and standardisation in practice

Over the past ten years technologies for generating, maintaining and using 3D geo-information have matured. For national mapping agencies one of the challenges is how to best extend 2D data into 3D data, making best use of research results and available technologies. Some mapping organisations are making serious progress. The question addressed...

Formal modelling of processes and tasks to support use and search of geo-information in emergency response

Many Command& Control or Early warning systems have been developed providing access to large amounts of data (and metadata) via geo-portals, or by accessing predefined data sets relaying on Spatial Data Infrastructure. However, the users involved in emergency response are usually not geoinformation specialists and they lack deep understanding...

Revisiting the concept level of detail in 3D city modelling

This review paper discusses the concept of level of detail in 3D city modelling, and is a first step towards a foundation for a standardised definition. As an introduction, a few level of detail specifications, outlooks and approaches are given from the industry. The paper analyses the general uncertainties and shortcomings around the concept of...

Cohesion policy contributing to territorial cohesion: Scenarios

This paper first discusses the present and uncertain future of EU Cohesion policy. The Barca Report argues for all developmental policies, including EU Cohesion policy, to be place-based. This makes for territorial cohesion becoming an important element in the equation. Territory is after all the arena in which households and businesses and...

Multidimensional aspects of GeoBIM data: New standards needed

Avaliaçao do estado de conservaçao de edifícios: O quadro legal portguês

Visualisation and map-making in complexity: European, transnational and Randstad experiences

Comparative housing research in the new millenium: Methodological and theoretical contributions from the first decade

Comparative housing research encompasses a broad range of strategies and foci, which has promoted the exchange of information, catalysed policy development and encouraged theoretical debate. This presentation briefly outlines the different purpose (policy description, evaluation, strategic understanding and theoretical explanation), logical...

Generalisation of 1:50k roads centrelines from 1:10k road polygons in an automated workflow

This paper reports about on going developments in the map production process of the Dutch Kadaster (who also hold the mapping agency). In March 2013, the Dutch Kadaster will produce the 1:50k map series fully automatically from 1:10k data for the first time. From that moment on, this new product will replace the existing 1:50k map. It is the...

Labour market emancipation results in booming Dutch owner-occupied housing market

During the 1970s and 1980s, the proportion of dual-income households in the Netherlands increased rapidly. Dutch society lagged a little behind other Western societies in terms of the emancipation of women in the labour market, but women began to enter the labour market more often and continue working while raising children. Households with a...

Best Practices and Policy Transfer in Spatial Planning: Draft

Numerous European programmes and initiatives have been instrumental in identifying a large (and increasing) number of examples of best practice (or good practice) in the field of spatial planning. In fact, there is now a profligacy of best practice, which means that many policy-makers are confronted with too much information if they try to...

Quality of social housing in the Netherlands and England