Developing the transboundary Long Term Vision of the Scheldt Estuary–an untold story

The development of the bilateral Long Term Vision for the Scheldt Estuary between 1999 and 2001 reveals that it is possible to move from a history of conflict to cooperation in just two years. A retrospective, insider perspective is used to analyse the integrated three-layer hybrid modelling at the heart of this groundbreaking agreement. We...

Sustainable business model of affordable zero energy houses: Upscaling potentials

In 2018, the average number of occupants per dwelling is steadily decreasing, creating a demand for small, affordable housing. According to European Union energy targets, new small homes should be energy efficient. However, data clearly shows that energy efficient homes are mostly unaffordable and there is an urgent need to design and build...

The current state of synchromodality: An application of a synchromodal maturity model on case studies in the Netherlands and Belgium

This article shows the results of our study to determine the general level of synchromodal maturity for shippers and logistics service providers operating in The Netherlands and Belgium. A questionnaire was used to assess the maturity of synchromodal transport for 41. This research extends the literature by applying the model to a broader...

Patterns of Circular Transition: What Is the Circular Economy Maturity of Belgian Ports?

Large seaport hubs in Northwestern Europe are aiming to develop as circular hotspots and are striving to become first movers in the circular economy (CE) transition. In order to facilitate their transition, it is therefore relevant to unravel potential patterns of the circular transition that ports are currently undertaking. In this paper, we...

How do current policies support a transition towards a circular economy in the built environment?

Building and construction industry consumes huge quantities of materials in an unsustainable way. As a result of a linear design approach and economic model, at the end of use, but also throughout the cycle, buildings or parts of buildings are demolished and remnants treated as waste or –best case– down-cycled. This creation of waste as well as...

BALANCE 4P: Balancing decisions for urban brownfield regeneration – people, planet, profit and processes

Urban designers are not used to taking the subsurface into a holistic perspective on spatial development. Nevertheless, the subsurface accommodates numerous functions crucial to urban life, such as infrastructure, carry capacity, heat, water, etc.. Moreover, it also carries the natural system crucial for urban quality and health. In the light of...

Collectivity and the Post-war European Shopping Centre

This paper puts forth the hypothesis that notions such as ‘collectivity’, ‘play’ and ‘community’ – buzz words of the post-war discourse on architecture and urbanism – were often important elements in the design and conceptualization of post-war shopping centres in Western Europe. To investigate this hypothesis, the paper focuses on three...

Campsites as utopias? A socio-spatial reading of the post-war holiday camp in Belgium, 1950s to 1970s

This paper contrasts the objectives that underlie the development of government-funded holiday camps for family vacations in Belgium with the socio-spatial practices of their initial users. Drawing on oral history, archival material, photographs and site plans, we argue that holidaymakers did not just experience the holiday camp as an...

Innovation in collaboration for Belgian building processes

Today in many of our neighbouring countries ‘working together in integrated project teams’, using groupware and BIM, is the future way of process thinking in the building practice. Everyone is convinced that ‘teams outperform individuals’! Especially when diverse skills, judgement and experiences can enhance the project’s outcome. This paper...

Innovation in collaboration for Belgian building processes

Today in many of our neighbouring countries ‘working together in integrated project teams’, using groupware and BIM, is the future way of process thinking in the building practice. Everyone is convinced that ‘teams outperform individuals’! Especially when diverse skills, judgement and experiences can enhance the project’s outcome. This paper...

Influence of shear rate, organic matter content pH and salinity on mud flocculation

Koploperproject LTV-O&M - Thema veiligheid - deelproject 2: Sterkte-zwakte analyse van de methoden waarmee de maatgevende condities en de fysische gevolgen van overstromingen langs het Schelde estuarium worden bepaald in Nederland en in Vlaanderen

Operationalisering van het waterkwaliteitsmodel Schelde-estuarium: Koppelingen SENECA-DELWAQ-CHARON, SENECA-IMPACT

Waterkwaliteitsmodel Schelde-estuarium: Gebruikershandleiding IMPAQT toepassing, OPERAWES-nota

Waterkwaliteitsmodel Schelde-estuarium: Gebruikershandleiding

Voorkomen en gedrag van zware metalen in slib uit de Schelde