Manifestation of Future Human (Culture) - Nature Relationship in The Context of Toba Lake, Indonesia

The evolutions of human culture–nature relationships from histories demonstrate all changes in how people manage and perceive their land. In the past, the relationship between humans and nature was known to have high interdependency reflected by integrating people’s activities and behaviour towards nature. This integration can be seen through...

Rejuvenating links: Estates & hinterland: (Re)exploring the value of productive cultural landscape and its link to the heritage estates of Baakse Beek area

The intended research and design exploration for resilient heritage landscapes of the future, looks at the heritage estate not just as a composition of a historic building and its garden ensemble but as a centrally organized economic system and a spatial assemblage of living, leisure and production. In the Achterhoek region from the Province of...

Port City Resilience: (Re-)Connecting Spaces, Institutions and Culture

Ports and cities and their surrounding regions coexist in a limited, shared space; today, they face multiple challenges, including climate change, energy transitions, digitization, or social transformations. These challenges require coordinated responses from all stakeholders: port authorities, city and regional governments, private and public...

Introducing the extended safety fractal: Reusing the concept of safety management systems to organize resilient organizations

Although mandatory in most high-risk industries, the safety management system (SMS) is often criticized as burdensome and complex. Through its requirement to formalize all main activities, the SMS is perceived as bureaucratic and a vehicle for pure compliance and Safety I (one). Furthermore, the SMS is often detached from an organization’s...