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Nikolic, Igor (author)If Genetic Modification is to be accepted as a sustainable technological development its social, ecological and economical impacts must be understood.<br/>One important tool in determining the environmental and human risks of a technological development such as Genetical Modification (GM), is the Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA). QRA can...master thesis 2001
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Zijlstra, S. (author)De Vinex-locaties zijn tot stand gekomen als uitvloeisel van de vierde nota ruimtelijke ordening extra (VINEX), een traject dat loopt vanaf eind jaren tachtig. Inmiddels is de vijfde nota ruimtelijke ordening aangenomen, maar is de uitvoering van de VINEX nog niet ten einde. In dit onderzoek is de uitvoering van de VINEX geevalueerd. De relatie...master thesis 2005
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Chrysanthopoulou, A. (author)A decision taking method is proposed where inhabitants and experts will communicate in order to define the most desired spatial configuration for the area. Marowijne is a region in Suriname where small villages fighting with the conditions to survive are proposed to join forces in a network of clusters. A design method is proposed baseed on the...master thesis 2008
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Hennis, T.A. (author)Delft University of Technology started publishing some of her course materials online from September 2007 in a project called Delft Open Courseware (OCW). This report discusses the future of this project, describes important issues that should be addressed in order to become sustainable, and ends with an advice on how this can be done.master thesis 2008
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Chen, M. (author)This thesis is a specific design and research project of the in-between cities area in Hsinchu metropolitan area, Taiwan. The aim is looking for a sustainable development strategy for the metropolitan area where is under highly urbanization and conurbation process. The main approach is using the analysis of governmental plans, regional contexts...master thesis 2008
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Lu, S.C.M. (author)Introduction There is almost unanimous agreement among scientists that climate change is a fact. Burning fossil fuels as the conventional energy sources are the problem of global warming. Nowadays energy and climate are like two coin sides??problems, are confronting knotty conditions especially lying on economic dependency on fossil fuels and...master thesis 2008
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Swinkels, W.R. (author)Thesis how to develop the area around the airport of Rotterdam into a new urban node.master thesis 2009
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Stukje, N. (author)The main research question for the graduation project is: What safe, sustainable and qualitative urban living typology can be designed in order to adapt to climate change in the Dutch polder landscape? The focus in the living with water research is on the design requirements and qualitative characteristics of an urban living environment. The...master thesis 2009
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Van der Kooij, P.C. (author)A design was made for the Calve/DSM site in Delft. It is a factory site which is being abandoned by its users, leaving 16 ha to be developed in the coming future. The aim is to develop a socially sustainable creative district through means of self-organisation. The project is restricted to the borders of the design location and takes the open...master thesis 2009
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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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Lühl, P. (author)Ecatepec, Mexico City presents the challenge of uniform, low-density peri-urban sprawl in the form of privately developed gated communities for the lower income groups. The main objective of this project is to propose alternatives to low-income housing, amplifying local skills and cultural consciousness, facilitating autonomy through local...master thesis 2009
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Munthe, A.H.P.N. (author)In Africa, as a developing region, the introduction of sustainable energy presents an opportunity to provide a large number of people with a better source of energy resulting in a better quality of life while reducing the impact of global warming. Electricity is not available to many communities in Africa because the large capital investment...master thesis 2009
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Karakat, H. (author)Today, showering is the most common bathing practice in Europe. It has the highest water consumption in a household (around 100 litres, for 8min shower). Unlike technological developments to improve eco-efficiency of existing products, this project introduces alternative ways (alternative to showering) of bathing that are less resource intensive...master thesis 2009
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Ugur, S. (author)A bag has been designed for GoTo aimed specifically at the lifestyle group of young creative professionals. The aspects of sustainability, fashion and last but not least usability were combined in this project. First of all, sustainable methodologies and textiles were investigated. Then, an internal and external analysis was conducted, after...master thesis 2009
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Dessens, J. (author)This thesis states the development of a theoretical framework for determining the combined carbon and water footprint of organizations. It consists of a conceptual model, the description of an applicable spreadsheet model and a six-step framework for general application.master thesis 2009
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Matsuhashi, N. (author)Introduction: This study explores a method to designing less resource-intensive forms of everyday life. The method is geared toward the early phase of product development, which is the generation of insights and design ideas. Looking at daily behavior, one can observe clear differences between different cultures. From this observation, the study...master thesis 2009
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Kramer, J.G.C. (author)This project is executed for the Procter & Gamble Company. P&G sees huge potentials in the developing market of India. The detergent market is one of these big potentials; the Indian detergent consumption per capita is very low compared to other countries. Most washing nowadays is done by hand due to cultural and infrastructural reasons. Hand...master thesis 2009
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Schenk, W.D. (author)Dit onderzoek heeft ten doel om te onderzoeken of het haalbaar is om in de nieuwbouw van kantorenvastgoed de mogelijkheid van een toekomstige transformatie naar woningen in te bouwen. De haalbaarheid wordt vanuit vier perspectieven bekeken: juridische, technische, financiële en commerciële haalbaarheid.master thesis 2009
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Chorozidis, A.G. (author)The Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, established by the Supply Chain Council, constitutes the most renowned state-of-the-art analytical tool when it comes to the Supply Chain Management domain. Although it enumerates several prominent advantages, which are mainly related to its systematic and holistic approach, there appear to be...master thesis 2009