Ingestorte Idealen: Snoozen in een utopische probleemwijk

Over weinig wijken is zo uitvoerig gedacht en geschreven als over Pendrecht in Rotterdam Zuid. Met de oorlog nog vers in het geheugen werd getracht een open en democratische samenleving te bouwen en de massamaatschappij tegen te gaan. Het is echter diezelfde wijk die 50 jaar later tot 1-na-slechtste wijk van Nederland wordt bestempeld. Wie de...

Analysis methods for the regeneration of Dutch problem neighbourhoods

This research is looking for an integral approach in regenerating Dutch problem neighbourhoods. With an integral approach is meant an approach that combines spatial and social measures. This is currently missing in practice and theory of urbanism and results often in the replacement of problems instead of the solving of problems.

Efficient urban planning in new energy era: The approach of urban renewal by premise of large-scale GHG reduction through a case study in Rotterdam

Introduction There is almost unanimous agreement among scientists that climate change is a fact. Burning fossil fuels as the conventional energy sources are the problem of global warming. Nowadays energy and climate are like two coin sides??problems, are confronting knotty conditions especially lying on economic dependency on fossil fuels and...