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Sarkhosh, R. (author)The thesis explores Ahwaz's transformation throughout the 20th century, emphasizing the profound impact of the oil industry on the city's architectural and urban development. From its emergence in obscurity to its prominence before the Iran-Iraq war, Ahwaz's journey mirrors the far-reaching influence of oil on urban modernity. The narrative...doctoral thesis 2024
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Tsui, T.P.Y. (author), Furlan, C. (author), Wandl, Alex (author), van Timmeren, A. (author)Implementing a circular economy in cities has been proposed by policy makers as a potential solution for achieving sustainability in the construction sector. One strategy that has gained interest by both policy makers and companies is to develop “circular construction hubs”: locations that collect, store, and redistribute waste as secondary...journal article 2024
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Berkien, Jens (author)The Rhine River distributes water to more than 60 million residents, vital industries, and important agricultural sites across a total of eight countries. However, due to climate change, the availability of water resources has become increasingly dependent on seasonal supply and internal distribution (UNESCO, 2009). Moreover, extended periods of...master thesis 2023
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Angou, Gayathri (author)This research studies groundwater sustainability in the Ramganga river basin of northern India. This region experiences a trifecta of hydrological stressors from groundwater over-extraction, frequent flooding during wet seasons, and agricultural droughts during dry seasons. There is a growing body of interventions known as...master thesis 2023
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Liu, Shiru (author)This thesis explores spatial strategies for achieving sustainable industry transition in the dispersed urbanised areas of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China. Since 1978, urbanisation in the GBA has accelerated, significantly expanding beyond metropolitan regions. These dispersed areas, described as the Desakota by Terry McGee, encompass a...master thesis 2023
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Ortaç, Damla (author)Gang-related violence poses a significant challenge in numerous countries across the world. While previous research have explored modeling formation of gang territories, none of them incorporated a city layout such as roads, water bodies and parks while doing so. Hence, this research explores the effects of city layout in the formation of gang...bachelor thesis 2023
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Bierens, Olivier (author)'Transitional territories: architecture of (post)-extraction in the Ağaçlı coal fields, Istanbul' revolves around the interaction between soil, extraction and architecture. The project addresses the ephemerality of extractive landscapes, imagining new ways of relating to the earth. Seeing soil not as a static being, but as a dynamic vehicle of...master thesis 2023
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de Bruijn, Abel (author)This research paper proposes a discrete agent-based model to simulate territorial development among micro-organisms. The model involves two species that interact through marker signals left behind by agents as they move through a three-dimensional lattice. The study builds on previous research that established a phase transition from a well...bachelor thesis 2023
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Druschke, Luis (author)This project embarks on an alternative reality that is imagined to rethink our relationship with nature. If the representation of the climate crisis heavily relies on data that intrinsically does not entail a visual agency, it is also a crisis of representation. This project seeks to transcend the abstraction and complexity of the discourse...master thesis 2023
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Rasmussen, Tobine (author)The Rhythmic escape propose a retreat in Rotterdam based on environmental features in nature that is of significance in rituals held in nature by people living with nature.master thesis 2023
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Volpe, Emanuele (author)The inhabitants of Assos live by ruins of temples, theatre and civic buildings inherent a humanistic value that transcends to present day. This is the hidden reality of many more cities on the Anatolian coast. This thesis proposes a system for<br/>the revival of this unique type of ruin-city. The objective is to restore the organism of the city...master thesis 2023
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Karampela Makrygianni, Myrto (author)The Mediterranean Basin – defined and restricted by its own boundness – embodies a mesocosm for the network of Critical Zones containing in its dense space all the fragilities, urgencies and uncertainties that characterize living in the 21st century, while being the world’s most appropriated, militarized and instrumentalized sea. In its deep –...master thesis 2023
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Moluccan Territories: Rethinking the Cultural Heritage of Moluccan Neighbourhoods in the Netherlandsvan Ommen, Isabel (author)This research and design project explores the use of the Pattern Language method to transform Moluccan neighbourhoods in the Netherlands into inclusive areas while enhancing their cultural heritage. The study focuses on the Moluccan neighbourhood in Barneveld for renovation and the Lloydkade in Rotterdam as a site for creating new places of...master thesis 2023
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Romanos, C. (author)The role played by the Mekong River in the organization of land and people is inextricably linked with a particular spatial category. The concept of the hydrological catchment extends the space of the river far beyond the limits of the river’s perennial waterbodies, to encompass vast areas inhabited by millions of people speaking different...doctoral thesis 2023
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Faludi, A.K.F. (author)‘Zeitenwende’ as announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in relation to Ukraine suggests the retrenchment of ‘territorialism’. I discuss this with a focus on Poland. Western Ukraine has after all been Eastern Poland until becoming part of the Ukrainian SSR in 1939. Enlarged with Crimea, the same SSR declared independence from the Soviet...journal article 2023
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Iglesias, Cristina Botana (author), Novas, María (author)In the first quarter of the 21st century, we are facing the profound impact of overexploitation of the Earth and the consolidation of a globalized capitalism with deep colonial and patriarchal roots. Two major challenges converge at this crucial point: the climate crisis and growing social inequality. In urban and territorial studies, we tend...journal article 2023
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Newton, C.E.L. (author), Yu, Hsinko Cinco (author), Czischke, D.K. (author), Bracken, G. (author), Goncalves, J. E. (author), Höller, L. (author), Dabrowski, M.M. (author), Qu, L. (author), Rooij, R.M. (author), Rocco, Roberto (author), Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (author), Chereni, S.C. (author), Balz, Verena Elisabeth (author)Based on the understanding of the built environment as result of competing claims on space that must be resolved via recognition, fair distribution of burdens and benefits of our human association, respect and care for the planet and just procedures to decide on those claims, Spatial Planning and Strategy is a chair in the Department of Urbanism...journal article 2023
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Jansen, Maurice (author), Hein, C.M. (author)Port cities and their neighbouring areas, located at the confines between sea and land, are key hubs in the transportation of goods and people. Ports serve global transport needs, while they are embedded in local geographies, topographies, political, economic and historical settlements. People have always been attracted to human settlements...contribution to periodical 2023
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Hein, C.M. (author), Luning, Sabine (author), Meyer, Han (author), Ramos, Stephen J. (author), Van de Laar, Paul (author)Shipping canals have supported maritime traffic and port development for many centuries. Radical transformations of these shipping landscapes through land reclamation, diking, and canalization were celebrated as Herculean works of progress and modernity. Today, shipping canals are the sites of increasing tension between economic growth and...contribution to periodical 2023