Re-imagining Periphery: On Identifying Development Opportunity of North Anhui through Place-based Circular Transition

North Anhui 6 cities locate at the periphery of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) in the eastern part of China. Even though YRD are the country’s most developed region, north Anhui are the most underdeveloped area according to Human Development Index in the region with only 1/5 of the core area’s GDP per capita. Large population outflow and high take-up...

Building a productive, future proof landscape: A spatial framework for a future proof water system of the Dommel watershed that provides local, natural building materials for the future building program.

Drought is a current problem in North-Brabant and might become more severe by climate change. Water board ‘The Dommel’, managing the drainage basin of the Dommel brook, aims for a future proof water system by 2050. At the same time, the urbanization agenda for North-Brabant anticipates a growing need for houses in the near and far future. A...

Deliverable 1.1: Theoretical and conceptual framework

This deliverable is the result of Task 1.1 Theoretical and conceptual framework within the DUST Work package 1 Theory and methods. The document presents a comprehensive framework for research in and across the individual work packages of the DUST project. Guided by the concept of ‘active subsidiarity,’ the DUST project aims at an increased...

Deliverable 1.2: Methodological framework

This report (Deliverable 1.2) provides the DUST research project with a methodological<br/>framework. It builds on the earlier methodology developed during preparation of the project<br/>proposal, updating, expanding, and refining it in line with the development of the DUST<br/>theoretical and framework (Deliverable 1.1) and the early insights...