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Berumen Milburn, Abraham (author)
The increasing demand of potable water required by Mexico City has become so large that since the late 30’s the local government has opted for importing water from three different basins away from the city, causing damage to the ecosystems of the region as well as the eviction of thousands of indigenous communities from their homelands. Since...
master thesis 2017
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Wu, Ruojing (author)
The project seeks a strategic planning of integrating urban agriculture into part of the green infrastructure for Rotterdam Zuid, which hopes to open up the possibilities of urban agriculture to inspire people like planners, decision makers and residents. The proposal based on the collaborative communication combining the supportive policy,...
master thesis 2017
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Rabello, R.C.C. (author)
master thesis 2017
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Lee, Seul (author)
Historically, cities have been shaped by the transport system as it was considered as the most crucial element for economic growth. However, the advance of infomation technology broke the strong relationship between the city shape, the transport system and the economic growth. Since the flow of information is no longer dependant on the physical...
master thesis 2017
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Echevarria Icaza, L. (author), van der Hoeven, F.D. (author)
Scientists, climatologists, and urban planners have started to recognize the importance of nature at two very different scales: the global (metabolic) and the local (liveability) scales. The regional scale is the one at which these macro and micro approaches overlap. Future predictions foresee an increase of more than 2450 million urban...
journal article 2017
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van de Ven, F.H.M. (author), van de Ven, Frans H M (author), Snep, Robbert P H (author), Koole, Stijn (author), Brolsma, Reinder (author), van der Brugge, Rutger (author), Spijker, Joop (author), Vergroesen, A.J.J. (author)
journal article 2016
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Chen, Y. (author)
This project explores the way of developing a better green infrastructure for Toronto to meet the needs of active aging. Regarding the senior population as umbrella species, the green infrastructure is thus defined as a green matrix consists of path, edge and corridor. Each component is designed according to its design principles made by author...
master thesis 2016
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Sun, X. (author)
With the fast cars flows, the street is like an unbridgeable gap, feels nervous and dangerous to cross. The other one without any cars feels more friendly, enjoyable and free to walk or stay. People are trapped in the car oriented cities.Not only the traffic problems but also other problems of environment and greens.The thesis is planning and...
master thesis 2016
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Garcia Velandia, L.A. (author)
This graduation project is called “Based in Place: Alternative economies in the region of Chocó. This project tackles the question of how urban development should consider the qualities of the place, especially in fragile regions such as the Chocó in the Colombian Pacific. It also evaluates alternative methods of strategic planning to lead...
master thesis 2016
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Yang, W. (author)
The world’s population is set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 – up from 7.2 billion in 2012 (UN News Center). That global population will be a vastly urban one. The increasing demand for supplying the future urban dwellers and the threatening climate change have posed the question about our current urban development model. Our urbanization has...
master thesis 2016
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Van der Velde, J.R.T. (author), De Wit, S.I. (author)
The appreciation of green infrastructures as ‘nature’ by urban communities presents a critical challenge for the green infrastructure concept. While many green infrastructures focus on functional considerations, their refinement as places where concepts of nature are represented and where nature can be experienced and understood, has received...
book chapter 2015
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Niel, L. (author)
The negative effects of climate change and the out-balanced carrying capacity are torturing our cities today. The field of urban planning and design is starting to research the idea of the city as a natural system. Still, the amount of major natural disasters torturing today’s cities proves the urge to rethink our urban systems even more. A...
master thesis 2015
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Nijhuis, S. (author), Jauslin, D.T. (author), Van der Hoeven, F.D. (author)
Social, cultural and technological developments of our society are demanding a fundamental review of the planning and design of its landscapes and infrastructures, in particular in relation to environmental issues and sustainability. Transportation, green and water infrastructures are important agents that facilitate processes that shape the...
book 2015
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Nijhuis, S. (author), Jauslin, D.T. (author)
This paper explores infrastructure as a type of landscape and landscape as a type of infrastructure. The hybridisation of the two concepts, landscape and infrastructure, seeks to redefine infrastructure beyond its strictly utilitarian definition, while allowing design disciplines to gain operative force in territorial transformation processes....
journal article 2015
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Ioannidou, A. (author)
master thesis 2014
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Koshy, M. (author)
master thesis 2014
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Nijhuis, S. (author), Jauslin, D. (author), De Vries, C. (author)
Flowscapes explores infrastructure as a type of landscape and landscape as a type of infrastructure, and is focused on landscape architectonic design of transportation-, green- and water infrastructures. These landscape infrastructures are considered armatures for urban and rural development. With movement and flows at the core, these landscape...
report 2012
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