Climate Adaptive Delta Cities: A strategy for the transition towards climate adaptive redevelopment of post-industrial port sites in the Rhine-Meuse delta in the Netherlands - The case of De Staart in Dordrecht

The climate crisis will require far-stretching changes to our urban systems, also called a transition. However, the direction in which our society will transition is still deeply uncertain. To become less vulnerable, cities and urban areas need to increase their adaptive capacity, establishing an evolutionarily resilient region. Delta cities in...

Urban area redevelopment in vulnerable neighbourhoods: Unravelling the collaborative process between public and private parties

Cities are seen as important drivers of economic growth and more than ever, today’s cities are the incubators of economic renewal (PBL, 2016). The negative side of this celebrated triumph, however, is becoming more and more visible as well; reflected in an increased division between “good” and “bad” neighbourhoods (Uyterlinde & van der...