In Between Nature: Nature-based placemaking for Rotterdam's territories in-between

Territories in-between (TiB) have gained increased attention the past decades among researchers in the field of urban planning and design. These territories are identified as territories somewhere in-between the urban and rural. Typical land uses in the TiB are warehouses, sport complexes, allotment gardens and small-scale industrial activities....

Arriving Home: Toolbox for increasing place attachment in Arrival Cities

Immigration a process of all times. This is certainly visible a city such as Rotterdam. Nowadays, Rotterdam is one of the largest harbour cities in Europe, with a strong and prosperous harbor industry. On the other hand the city is also a place of contrasts. A key characteristic of port cities is the wide range of nationalities and cultures....

Living solo in Rotterdam: Improving the living quality of one person households by urban interventions

The amount of one person households is rapidly growing in the Netherlands. Unfortunately solo dwellers are still disadvantaged, stigmatised and forgotten in urban design since society expects them to be in a relationship. This is exemplified by the focus on families and couples in cities and housing developments. As a result there is a lack of...

Incorporating the traveller's experience value in assessing the quality of transit nodes: A Rotterdam case study

In order to obtain a modal shift from car towards public transport, the quality of a public transport journey has to be increased. The transfer is the least valued part of the journey where a traveller perceives one minute of waiting as three minutes. By improving the least valued part, the overall quality of a public transport journey increases...

Urban Regeneration in a Market Oriented Decision Environment: A Deeper Understanding of the Plan-, Decision making and Development Process in a Market Oriented Approach to Urban Regeneration and its Possible Physical and Socio-demographic implications in Dutch Deprived Neighbourhoods

The Dutch government aims since the 1990s at a more market oriented approach in urban planning with different implications in terms of who benefits and loses from interventions in vulnerable places such as neighbourhoods of empowerment (krachtwijken). This policy shift and way of thinking about urban planning implicated big changes in the...

Eventing the city: Het inzetten van festivals en evenementen om te komen tot multi-bruikbare openbare ruimten in de stad

Hoewel steden de mate van belangrijkheid van culturele evenementen voor de sociale cohesie in de stad erkennen, faalt over het algemeen de strategie tot het implementeren ervan in de stedelijke structuur en de stadsagenda. Hoewel de intentie er is om het stadsbeeld te verbeteren en om de straten meer leefbaar te maken (Richards & Wilson 2004, p...

Van verloren ruimte naar gevonden plek!!: Een ontwerpinstrument voor openbare ruimte

Het onderzoek is gestart om grip te krijgen op openbare ruimtes die niet goed functioneren. Het zijn ruimtes die gezien kunnen worden als zwarte gaten in en om de stad, waar bijna geen mensen gebruik van maken, maar wat soms wel waardevolle plekken kunnen zijn. Deze laag van informele ruimtes maken geen overtuigend deel uit van de formele...