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Hua, X. (author)This document is the final report for 2012-2013 Graduation project in “Complex Cities” studio. It focus on the social issues related with public transportation in urban area with the theory of “ Transport poverty”. The target city is Shenzhen, China, which is a 30-year-old city. Transit oriented development has been largely used here for urban...master thesis 2013
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Zhang, F. (author)Based on the new policy of Shenzhen municipality, this project tries to transfer the urban village into the new social housing in the city. According to the human settlement design principles, this project will improve the spatial quality and renovate the commercial potential of urban village to help these isolated islands to integrate with the...master thesis 2013
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Mu, R. (author)In recent years most of the Chinese cities have shown a rapid decline in modal split of public transport as a consequence of rapid urbanization and motorization in the “socialist market economy”. It has been witnessed that cars flood into streets; road congestion, air pollution and traffic safety have become major problems in urban China. To...doctoral thesis 2013
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Kuijpers, B.P.F. (author)The design is a housing project in Shanghai. It seeks to breathe new life into the old alleyway neighbourhoods of the city, particularly the now vanishing shikumen houses. By designing a bold reinvention of the typical high-rise apartment block, Jade Well Apartments recreates the rich diversity of the alleyway street life andshould act as a...master thesis 2013
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Jiang, J. (author)Health problems are a major concern for rural Chinese people. One of the causes is shortages of medical resources, such as medical equipment and skilled medical staff. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is usually seen as a useful tool, by which medical resources in urban areas can be accessed for rural areas. Design and development...doctoral thesis 2012
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Chen, X. (author)This project came into being in response to the growing appetite in China for grape wines. Alterego has an expertise business in food & drink, culture and marketing, and it is also eyeing the emerging Chinese market, therefore the mutual understanding between the Chinese and the grape wine needs to be addressed, and this will be accomplished in...master thesis 2012
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Spreeuwers, B.A. (author)A research into alternative development strategies of urban villages in China.master thesis 2012
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Van Lakwijk, B.C.M. (author)The Chinese cities grew enormously last decades, spreading to nearly infinity. Almost a billion people will live in the cities by 2025. A sharp, radical and significant course change to a new urban model is necessary to guide China towards a balanced future. The Wall can be this guide. Chengdu forms the perfect study-case for this challenge.master thesis 2012
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Dong, M. (author)The research focuses on the challenges that Dutch design companies have encountered in their practical work for the Chinese clients. Ten different respondents are interviewed for the research, including Dutch designers, a Dutch business director, a Chinese employee and so forth. The collected interview data contribute to explore the culture...master thesis 2012
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Nijveldt, J.M. (author)This thesis is a specific research about the city of Chengdu in Western China. The city is at the very heart of the dramatic transformation of China and can be seen as a perfect model city of recent growth. The city showed an explosive growth in GDP, urban area, infrastructure and living standards. There are however enormous qualitative...master thesis 2012
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Pel, J.H. (author)In an age of ever increasing urbanization with massive migrations from the countryside to the city, Asia is at a cross roads. 'The Wall' is a masterplan for the city Chengdu in the West of China. It is based on public transport. It is an urban strategy which densifies the existing city edge, thereby re-establishing the contrast between city and...master thesis 2012
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Read, S.A. (author), Wang, J. (author)Forms in planning often do not match the forms of cities. This is important because the experience and functionings of cities are given by certain forms and not by others. In particular we are concerned here with the fact planning and design thinking often assumes a nested hierarchy of communities and spaces while the real forms of cities...conference paper 2012
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Jie, L. (author), Fangfang, Z. (author), Van Zuylen, H.J. (author), Shoufeng, L. (author)Micro simulation programs are often used to assess the quality of traffic conditions. They are especially suited to evaluate possible control scenarios in advance, so that the scenarios can be selected and optimized before implementation. Of course, the simulation programs should be valid for the traffic situation that has to be modeled with...journal article 2011
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Ni, Y. (author)This graduation project is proposed by the author and conducted in collaboration with Dorel Netherlands. As one of the leading companies worldwide in juvenile products industry, Dorel wants to take its social responsibility by committing to the well being of babies and young children living in a BOP (Bottom of the pyramid) situation. The purpose...master thesis 2011
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Modesto, R.B. (author)Energy is considered by the United Nations as central to sustainable development and poverty reduction affecting all its aspects - social, economic, and environmental - including livelihoods, access to water, agricultural productivity, health, population levels, education, and gender-related issues. As such, energy can be seen as a positive...master thesis 2011
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Minchin, E. (author), Pan, J. (author), Walters, R.C. (author), Fang, D. (author)Counterfeiting has been around since ancient times. Counterfeiting in modern times was once widespread and not confined to any geographic region. With the globalization efforts following World War II, counterfeiting became an international problem, much of it emanating from Japans developing manufacturing-based economy. As Japans economy...conference paper 2011
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Su, J. (author)This is the graduate project focus at social and spatial integration of a group of people called “low income graduate” in China who are now has sever housing issue. And in this project the strategy mainly brought up an alternative land development model to research and finding solutions.master thesis 2011
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Lu, W. (author), Liu, A. (author), Wang, H. (author), Wu, Z. (author)While heated discussions have been directed towards various innovative procurement systems such as PPP, PFI, and BOT that carry the great expectation to help materialise the projects and deliver value to the society, a procurement system named agent-construction system (ACS or in Chinese Dai Jian Zhi) is being prevailing in Chinas public...conference paper 2011
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Van Haren, R. (author)In this study we focus on the use of remotely sensed data, mainly data from the GRACE mission, for the detection of hydrological changes in China. More specifically, the Hai - Huai - Huang basins and the impoundment of the Three Gorges reservoir are studied. Due to noise and the required filtering of the monthly GRACE gravity field solutions...master thesis 2011
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Ball, R.M. (author)Problem The design of consumer products that are worn on the head relies on the availability of accurate anthropometric information describing the shape and size of the human head and face. Historical anthropometric studies with univariate data have documented the existence of shape differences between Asian and Western head shapes, but the...doctoral thesis 2011