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Hjerrild, Louise (author)This thesis project on Christiania in the context of Copenhagen is an account of the research being carried out during the graduation year of Urbanism, eventually resulting in a design oriented project within the ‘Design of the Urban Fabric’ Research Group.<br/><br/>The structure of this graduation project is divided into five chapters,...master thesis 2017
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Lee, Alex (author)The history of Taiwan is closely attached to the establishment of transportation infrastructure. The thriving scene of urban Taiwan emerged in the 70s after the establishment of several national level infrastructure projects. They have become the backbone of both Taiwan's past economic glory as well the daily necessity of present society. As the...master thesis 2017
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Mylona, Panagiota (author)Agrinio, as a medium-size city of Greece, is suffering by the economic crisis that is infesting the country. However, besides the harsh phenomena that the country, as a whole, is experiencing - increased unemployment and illiteracy rates, poverty, brain drain, population migration, social exclusion, spatial and environmental degradation -, it is...master thesis 2017
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van der Zanden, Harm (author)The explosive growth of the city of São Paulo starting in the 1940s resulted in vast expansion with little attention to the characteristics of the natural landscape. This resulted in extreme modification of the water system, including canalization, piping and covering of streams. Due to these modifications and the related urban structure, São...master thesis 2017
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Unzner, Franziska (author)Post-war council estates in the UK - due to issues in built quality, maintenance, design and an accumulation of social problems - have been object to various regeneration initiatives over the past decades. The latest market-led regeneration wave, however, is controversially and heatedly discussed. Council estates are densified and developed into...master thesis 2017
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Kleinhans, R.J. (author), van Ham, M. (author)In many European countries, community-based entrepreneurship is increasingly considered as a means to initiate small-scale urban regeneration. However, residents in deprived neighbourhoods are often viewed to lack key entrepreneurial skills. Most research on community entrepreneurship support is based on cross-sectional studies and overly...journal article 2017
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Qu, L. (author), Huang, Xin (author), Yang, Qiao (author)In the past few years, one of the major changes in urban development strategies of the first-tier cities in China is the increasing focus on urban regeneration. To cope with the magnitude of migration and challenges of economic transition, these cities are forced to find new models of urban redevelopment. This has brought up a few challenging...conference paper 2017
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- van Heijningen, L.S. (author) master thesis 2016
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Chatzi Rodopoulou, T. (author)Since the early 1990’s heritage-led regeneration has progressively become an important strategy for the revitalisation of urban areas. This<br/>revitalisation though, albeit its positive financial outcome, is not without side-effects, especially when carried out by commercial developers in<br/>the established socio-economic system. This paper...conference paper 2016
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Dieleman, I.M. (author)It is expected more cities in Europe are going to encounter shrinkage because of changing demographics. Shrinkage can also occur because of a negative migration balance. When a city shrinks, municipalities take measures on the urban hardware, software and mindware in order to maintain the liveability for the remaining residents. This research...master thesis 2016
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Beqiri, J. (author)This Graduation Project focuses on the urban regeneration of Tirana’s city centre. The chaotic transition from a communist regime towards a democratic system has generated several urban problems where the increasing informality predominates. This project works as a strategic vision which aims to create the spatial-economic conditions for a...master thesis 2016
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Stouten, P.L.M. (author)Urban design schemes accompanied by avant-garde design of space have been an outcome of economic growth of cities and countries in many periods of time. At the beginning of the 21st century, Nieuw Crooswijk in Rotterdam was the largest area involved in nationally launched policies. Many times the conflicts surrounding the plan were in the...journal article 2016
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Munoz Aparici, M. (author)Participation is a commonly used word in planning and architecture nowadays. Nevertheless, it seems that few care to understand the complexities and limita- tions of participation. Participation has often been misused for political purpo- ses accepting it as mere feedback from citizens, using voting systems and,exhi- bitions of nished products...master thesis 2016
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Kleinhans, R.J. (author), Van Ham, M. (author)In many European countries, community entrepreneurship is increasingly considered as a means to initiate small-scale urban regeneration. However, residents in deprived communities are often viewed to lack key entrepreneurial attributes and skills. This paper reports a unique experiment in the Netherlands with nascent community enterprises which...journal article 2016
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van Nes, A. (author), López, Manuel (author), de Bonth, L.F.J.M. (author), Verhagen, D.J. (author), Waayer, Simone (author)This contribution describes the tool Social Safe Urban Design (SSUD), seen<br/>together with socio-spatial and linguistic challenges when applying space syntax in the regenerating of problem urban areas. The Space Syntax jargon is technical and needs to be translated into a language understandable and acceptable to stakeholders who are...book chapter 2016
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Chen, Y. (author)This project tries to redefine urban vitality in Taipei by finding out the physical indicators which compose the urban form and revising existing planning system to stimulate integrated urban regeneration. The most vulnerable communities resettled tenements are chosen as the research focus. The suggestions in this project improve current Taipei...master thesis 2015
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Wolthoff, H.T. (author)Emptiness of retail floor space is a well known phenomenon in todays real life. In this thesis a programmatic intervention is suggested of how to reorganise the retail function of the city centre of Hengelo in order to diminish the amout of emptiness. Next to this new program typologies are introduced for the location so also suggestions are...master thesis 2015
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Varady, D.P. (author), Kleinhans, R.J. (author), Van Ham, M. (author)Purpose - The global economic crisis has had a major impact on government spending for urban regeneration. In the context of these austerity regimes, in many European countries, community entrepreneurship and active citizenship are increasingly considered as a means to continue small-scale urban revitalisation. This paper investigates recent...journal article 2015
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Karner, M.M. (author)Some public spaces in the Netherlands function exceptionally well and provide significant benefit to the wider society in areas such as public health, retail activity and community participation. However, the vast majority of public space does not perform as well. One example is Oude Noorden, where the public space has failed to provide a...master thesis 2015
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Gentili, M. (author)Implementation of new social housing policy in the city of Rome.master thesis 2015