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Liu, Chi (author), Gonçalves, Joana (author), Quist, W.J. (author)
This paper explores the opportunities for locals’ participation as a tool for the sustainable redevelopment of vacant heritage. It focuses on the Politiebureau Groningen Centrum (The Netherlands) as a case study to apply a novel approach to engage community participation in architectural redesign. It fills the academic gap on participation in...
journal article 2023
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Teodoro Morales, J.D. (author), Baird, Julia (author), Otung, Idorenyin (author)
Farmer peer networks have been identified as a key way to increase adoption of beneficial management practices to minimize negative environmental impacts of intensive agriculture. We studied the social processes that contribute to beneficial management practice adoption. We administered two questionnaires to participants of a farmer community of...
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Timmers, Samuel (author)
The IPCC report of August 2021 calls for an immediately reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Without changing the world’s diets, even if we stop all fossil fuel emissions today, we would still not be able to maintain global warming below 1.5°C. The EU has set out their strategy for reducing agricultural emissions in the Farm to Fork Strategy,...
master thesis 2021
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van Amerongen, Sarah (author)
The textile industry is one of the largest industries in the world. It brings economic wealth to many countries but is also one of the largest contributors to environmental pollution. Textile companies nowadays often mention sustainability in their business models. However, it is noticed that consumers do not trust the word sustainability when...
master thesis 2021
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Børsen, Tom (author), Serreau, Yann (author), Reifschneider, Kiera (author), Baier, André (author), Pinkelman, Rebecca (author), Smetanina, Tatiana (author), Zandvoort, H. (author)
For the past 14 years the Social Ecological Responsibility in Science and Engineering Education (SERSEE) Network has discussed the challenging but necessary task of teaching social and ecological responsibility to science and engineering students. Identifying, sharing and developing best practices, pedagogical materials and tools as well as a...
journal article 2021
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Meixner, Annalena (author)
Recent societal developments, as well as environmental problems like global warming, demand more socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable lifestyles and dwellings. Collaborative housing describes a possible path to meet those demands by sharing spaces and goods. To determine how the concept of sharing in collaborative housing can...
master thesis 2020
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van Bruggen, Anne (author)
Coherent responses to wicked problems such as climate change require a new way of doing science and tools to give insight into the transformation of large-scale socio-technical systems. Simulation models support transformative processes by offering a simplified version of reality and a boundary object that unites stakeholders around a simplified...
master thesis 2017
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Villacis Morales, J.D. (author)
The European Union has set its goal to produce at least 20 percent of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources by the year 2020. This ambitious measurement was taken to reduce the anthropogenic GHG emissions in order to mitigate the consequences of climate change. The economic and technical oriented strategies to...
master thesis 2017
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Huijbregts, R.A. (author)
master thesis 2017
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Aarts, B. (author)
This thesis presents the conceptual design process of a new intervention to stimulate pro-environmental disposal behaviour. Littering is a growing problem in the world. Research shows that the brand which is found most between the litter in the Netherlands is Red Bull. Although many interventions have been applied to try to change behaviour of...
master thesis 2016
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De Planque, O.B.B. (author)
Energy waste is an issue of considerable size. Not only at home, but more increasingly so in public spaces. The TU Delft has set itself a number of sizeable energy saving goals for the near future, but with current initiatives focusing mostly on efficiency and responsible sourcing, not much is being done about altering the demand for energy. In...
master thesis 2015
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Serrarens, J.H. (author)
The stimulation of sustainable consumption behavior through design. “How can we develop a service-design that frames sustainable consumption as a personally valued asset, rather than a collective one?” Central to this research through design project was the exploration of new ways of sustainable consumption.This reasearch through design project...
master thesis 2015
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Pocornie, W. (author)
This thesis presents a critical alternative approach in strategy within (post-disaster re-)development. It describes the relevance of urbanism and urban planning in this practice. The approach links educational development projects to overall improvement of infrastructure by structuring resilient and sustainable interventions as principal...
master thesis 2013
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Graaff, P.D. (author)
Over weinig wijken is zo uitvoerig gedacht en geschreven als over Pendrecht in Rotterdam Zuid. Met de oorlog nog vers in het geheugen werd getracht een open en democratische samenleving te bouwen en de massamaatschappij tegen te gaan. Het is echter diezelfde wijk die 50 jaar later tot 1-na-slechtste wijk van Nederland wordt bestempeld. Wie de...
master thesis 2012
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Pinheiro, A. (author)
Abstract – In order to create good urban environments city planners need to start addressing the issue of urban identity (Oktay 2002). According to Oktay, people should again feel that some part of the environment belongs to them, individually and collectively, some part for which they care and are responsible, whether they own it or not. For,...
master thesis 2011
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Yeh, C.C. (author)
This graduation project is one of two from Delft University of Technology that were initiated with the User Experience (UX) Research Group at Samsung Electronics to address the role of consumer electronics (CE) in more sustainable consumption and behavior for young professionals. This project started with a strong position on how to approach...
master thesis 2011
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Nederstigt, J.J.W. (author)
Design for a new Architecture faculty. The design for a faculty building that stimulated social interaction between its users.
master thesis 2011
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Kunz, N.C. (author), Moran, C.J. (author), Kastelle, T. (author)
Integrated water resources management (IWRM) is regarded as an essential framework for the sustainable management of water resources. A key challenge in implementing IWRM involves coordinating the decisions between diverse actors with potentially conflicting interests. It is argued that the attainment of sustainable water management outcomes in...
conference paper 2010
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Zachrisson, J. (author), Boks, C. (author)
Increased focus in research on the environmental consequences of behaviour and product usage the last decade has resulted in a number of different design strategies. The strategies are meant to stimulate desired behavioural patterns or to avoid undesired ones. Although this provides understanding of how behaviour may be changed, there has been...
conference paper 2010
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Wessels, R.M. (author)
The main topic of my thesis is social sustainable housing in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia. The thesis covers Architecture as well as Building technology specialisations. The Architectural focus of the project is community based developed, social, sustainable housing. With Building technology, a research into materials is done to ensure the...
master thesis 2009
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