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Zeng, Shi (author)
São Paulo, like many other urban centers worldwide, grapples with a stark contrast in living conditions and spatial inequity between various income groups. Nowhere is this divide more evident than in the sprawling favela areas, where marginalized individuals face numerous challenges in their daily lives. The existing housing in these areas often...
master thesis 2023
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da Schio, Nicola (author), Van Eenoo, Eva (author), Caset, Freke (author), Vanparys, Line (author), Bartiaux, Françoise (author), Luppari, Edoardo (author), Ermans, Thomas (author), Verbeek, T. (author), Boussauw, Kobe (author), Maciejewska, Monika (author), Bothof, Simon (author), te Boveldt, Geert (author), Wayens, Benjamin (author), Cassiers, Tim (author)
The authors of this BSI Position Paper argue that social justice should be an integral part of the car-restrictive policy agenda through specific and explicit claims. In this context, they propose that the distribution of the benefits and burdens related to car-restrictive policies should not reproduce – let alone exacerbate – socio-economic...
report 2023
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Terwogt, Bram (author), Norman, Hannah (author), Khoroshev, Oleg (author), Von Zeska De Toledo, Paula (author), Lin, Xinyu (author)
A transition is needed within the current agricultural sector. The intensive food production emits a significant amount of greenhouse gases, but also generates a nitrogen surplus. Consequently, biodiversity and soil quality have been decreasing dramatically in recent decades. One way of achieving a more sustainable food system is through...
student report 2023
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van der Padt, Arjanne (author), Rybak, Małgorzata (author), Spaaij, Jing (author), Hashas, Hasan (author)
The energy industry is responsible for almost 89% of GHG emissions (IEA, 2022), and projected CO2 emissions would exceed the 1.5°C goal (IPCC,2023). There is no question that we need to transition towards renewable energy sources, it has become an urgency and we need to transition now. <br/><br/>However, there are several challenges within this...
student report 2023
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Kimhur, Boram (author)
Housing inequality is a growing concern in our society. In recent decades, this inequality has been exacerbated by the phenomenon of housing being financialized and commodified as a means for wealth accumulation. Management of financial institutions and housing markets has become the centre of attention in policy discussion. The questions of how...
doctoral thesis 2022
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Kimhur, Boram (author)
When correcting policies to tackle rising housing inequality, certain principles of housing justice are necessary. Recently, the capability approach to justice has attracted the attention of housing scholars, as promising guidance to compensate for problems in conventional policy approaches. However, the practicality of its policy application...
journal article 2022
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Tomasini Giannini, F. (author), Mulder, I. (author)
Participatory designers have taken inspiration from other practices like the social sciences to develop socially just and horizontal processes to collaborate with communities. In the current work, we take the premise that designers do not have enough means to address concepts of power and politics in design practice. Therefore, we elaborate upon...
conference paper 2022
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KARADIMITRIOU, IOANNA (author), YUAN, BOWEN (author), Demetriadou, Leto (author), van Esch, Marieke (author), Bos, Hannah (author)
“Building a Fair Transition” strives for a fair circular built environment in the Dutch province of South Holland. By 2040 South Holland aims to have built 210.000 new dwellings to meet the rapidly growing housing demand. This transition in the built environment should align with current climate agreements and be as energy neutral as possible....
student report 2021
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Doorn, N. (author), Brackel, A.K.C. (author), Vermeulen, S. (author)
It is often assumed that climate adaptation policy asks for new responsibility arrangements between central government and citizens, with citizens getting a more prominent role. This prompts the question under which conditions these new responsibility arrangements can be justified as they may raise serious ethical concerns. Without paying due...
journal article 2021
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Tomasini Giannini, Fabiana (author)
Participatory Design (PD) has been used as a medium to democratize the design practice and include in the process the people intended to use the outcomes. When working for social change and justice, the practice intends to maintain its democratic nature by giving voice and agency to the most vulnerable in society. However, when engaging in...
master thesis 2020
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Goodwill, Maya (author)
This report outlines the design process, research activities and results of a graduation thesis on power and privilege in multi-stakeholder public and social sector design processes. Due to a perceived gap in the design field, both in education and practice, the aim of this project is to support designers in becoming more aware of power dynamics...
master thesis 2020
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van den Brink, Ilse (author), Goselink, Cas (author), Tatar, Karolina (author), Bohun, Simon (author), Hou, Zhe (author)
The province of South-Holland is located in a delta, where the Netherlands have been changing the landscape for centuries to keep out the water and create the productive, highly urbanised and well connected landscape it is now. Due to climate change, the water system brings about an increasing pressure in both the rivers as well as the sea. In...
student report 2020
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Thaler, Thomas (author), Doorn, N. (author), Hartmann, Thomas (author)
In view of the anticipated climate change, many countries face increasing risks of flooding. Since the end of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, the traditional hard flood protection measures have been increasingly complemented with spatial flood risk reduction measures. These measures, though in the public interest and as such, benefitting many...
journal article 2020
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Kimhur, Boram (author)
journal article 2020
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Kampen, Thomas (author), Veldboer, Lex (author), Kleinhans, R.J. (author)
Dutch citizens on welfare have to volunteer at Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in return for their benefits. Through applying the ‘worlds of justification’ of Boltanski and Thévenot, this article aims to provide a better theoretical and empirical understanding of social justice of policies that obligate welfare clients to participate in CSOs....
journal article 2019
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Doorn, N. (author), Gardoni, P (author), Murphy, C (author)
This paper aims to explore how insights from the philosophical and social science literature can be incorporated into the definition of resilient infrastructure so that considerations of social justice can be accounted for and addressed more adequately. Building on the view that engineering ultimately aims to promote societal well-being, this...
journal article 2019
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Doorn, N. (author)
Over the past two decades, the attention for resilience has increased dramatically and resilience has become the leading paradigm for considering risks and uncertainty in complex systems. Resilience is now commonly used within a broad range of fields. The concept has not only attracted the attention of academics; decision-makers across...
contribution to periodical 2019
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Borbély, Blanka (author)
The following thesis is an architectural and urban design for the expanding Zuidas area in Amsterdam for the year of 2050. It is a social and economical experiment of different social classes living together, and taking advantage of the interdependence they have on each other.
master thesis 2018
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Van Calmthout, L. (author)
The introduction of the participatiesamenleving policy direction to the Netherlands has triggered local government to shift its focus towards large projects in their district. Citizens are left to themselves, and take over former governmental responsibilities. This thesis calls for a transition in the policies surrounding citizen initiatives for...
master thesis 2016
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Veldboer, L. (author), Kleinhans, R.J. (author), Van Ham, M. (author)
Modern welfare policies are increasingly based on notions of reciprocity. Citizens on welfare benefits have to do something in return, e.g. volunteer work. Notwithstanding general public support, social philosophers have been critical on ‘mandatory’ activities in community programmes. So far, the participants themselves have scarcely been asked...
journal article 2015
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