Co-Creation for Sustainable Energy Transition: A Case Study of Local Energy Cooperatives in the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague

The irreversible effects of climate change have led to a significant increase in citizen-led and initiated local energy cooperatives. Playing a crucial role in the shift to renewable energy, these cooperatives are evolving from informal community groups to structured organisations. Their success relies on co-creation, a collaborative process in...

Understanding energy injustices experienced by stakeholders in the Rotterdam-The Hague energy region: Examining the decision-making process on a local and regional level and its impact on a just energy transition

Climate change has devastating effects on society, increasing the risk of natural disasters and associated health issues. These effects are caused by the greenhouse gases emitted by humans. Aligned with the Paris Agreement, the Dutch government aims to achieve a 100% reduction in emissions by 2050, striving for climate neutrality.<br/><br/...

Tranquilitree: the Potential of Trees to Mitigate Aircraft Noise Pollution from Schiphol Airport

Flying has become increasingly accessible in the last few decades, leading to enormous growth in aircraft traffic worldwide. Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is the fourth-busiest airport in Europe based on passenger traffic, and noise pollution from the airport affects over 63,000 individuals daily. This study aims to determine if the presence of...

The fifteen-minute city: The promotion of active modes by a novel city planning concept: An explorative, statistical research on the fifteen-minute city concept applied to the Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan region

The fifteen-minute city (FMC) concept aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve urban liveability and free up space by promoting a modal shift from car to active modes. According to theory, the proximity of all basic needs should have a maximum travel time of 15 minutes by bike or foot to achieve the FMC goals. However, basic needs are...

Made in the MRA: How the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam could source a quarter of its food from the region by 2030

This master's thesis explores four future scenarios for short food supply chains in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam in 2030 and their potential spatial impact. Agricultural land in the Netherlands has been decreasing in recent decades, especially within the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam. This trend is likely to continue in the coming...

Reviving the Ruhr: Preparing the Peri-urban Ruhr for an uncertain energy & climate future

With the climate change and energy transition becoming evident and ever so relevant, industrialised regions focussed on fossil fuels need to rethink their socio-economic plan. Furthermore, urban designers are obliged to rethink the energy paradigm. This report combines energy landscape and resilient region theory and applies it on the peri-urban...

Metropolitan Virus: A strategic planning framework to improve the resilience of the Metropolitan Region Amsterdam in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

Metropolitan regions are the most urbanized and globalized areas as the concentration of population and economy in the world, which makes them exposed to various global emergency risks like pandemics. And the COVID-19 outbroke from Wuhan (China) at the end of 2019, offered an up-to-date perspective as an opportunity to investigate and improve...

Make Compact Work: Patterns of densification and intensification of functions in live work environments: Zaanstad, Metropolitan region Amsterdam

What is the future of urban industrial land? This is a challenge urban design and planning field has only just started to undertake. Currently, the differentiation between the urban core as the front stage zone for human residence and entertainment versus the rural periphery as the backstage zone for production, logistics and energy harvesting...

New perspective on the [food] landscapes in MRA 2050: Developing a new perspective & design for resilient and attractive agricultural landscapes in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam in 2050

The purpose of this graduation report is to give an overview and inspiration on the route towards a resilient &amp; attractive metropolitan [food] landscape of Amsterdam in 2050. The topic of research is the impact of climate change, unsustainable agriculture and urbanisation towards 2050, on the agricultural landscapes in the metropolitan...

The Spine: Researching spatial interventions to strengthen the vitality of Zoetermeer as a residential city on the long term

This thesis introduces a strategy which enhances the vitality of Zoetermeer as a residential city on the long term. Special focus is on attracting highly educated starters by making the city center more appreciated by them to live. In this way, it is hoped the city will become more appreciated by all its residents on the long term.

Towards Regional Synergy: Potentials for polycentric development in Tehran Metropolitan Region (TMR)

A metropolitan Region of the Third World countries like Tehran metropolitan region (TMR) in Iran, in consequence of unbalanced rapid urban growth, is facing with large set of unique social and demographic, cultural, economic, ecological, environmental and managerial problems. The entire problems are because of lack of effective regional plan and...

Constructing the in?between metropolitan landscapes: An open space strategy for the Barcelona Metropolitan Region

The thesis attempts to understand the processes of metropolization occurred during the last decades in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region in terms of change of scale, new functions and physical transformations of the urban landscape. The dispersed and fragmented landscapes of expansion are analyzed to understand which are the elements of conflict...