Reframing Brussels' Canal zone: From path dependence to path renewal

Many western European countries have undergone the process of deindustrialisation. The has resulted in a changed economy focused on knowledge. This went hand in hand with urbanisation, resulting in explosive population growth in many cities. In combination with the rise of neoliberal planning made cities an attractive investment object. All...

The relevance of the street: An urban integration proposal

Following an analysis of the public spaces and their performative depth, the urban figure of the street emerges as an important urban figure in the city of Skopje. Although, the street, as a figure, has undergone through different interpretations throughout time: In the city’s Old Bazaar, the street becomes a place for meeting and the most...

Tomorrow rural land: vitalise Chinese idle homestead land through long-stay rural leisure development

The rapid urbanisation process in China has caused the emergence of much idle rural land, especially homestead land, which constitutes a huge waste of land resource and brings about several social problems. Nowadays, Chinese government has realised this problem and has put forward institutional intervention to rural land, and encourage to use...

Turning noise-barriers into sustainable energy systems: A full approach from experimental data to energy and cost modeling with a focus on urban wind

Current urban systems have a linear metabolism; they rely on imported resources, which are used inefficiently, and they produce waste flows. Urban areas can become productive and not only consumptive if a well-planned distributed energy system is implemented. Switching to renewables, however, means rethinking today’s urban landscape entirely....

Rethinking Waste: Urban integration of waste collection and treatment systems based on circular concepts; Recommendations for Amsterdam

The worldwide trends of depleting natural resources and increasing generation of waste create challenges concerning the development and growth of our cities. Urban growth is enforcing these trends, resulting in growing problems and reaching limitations to the growth of our economies. In this thesis, these worldwide trends will be challenged in...