A Manifesto for the Just City: Cities for all

“On Monday 29 MARCH at 18:00 (CET/Amsterdam), TU Delft launched the Book "A Manifesto for the Just City", with texts by a number of guests and 43 manifestos written by students from 25 universities from all over the world.<br/>A “Manifesto for the Just City” comes in the wake of the realisation that socio-spatial justice is a crucial dimension...

Circling the square: Governance of the circular economy transition in the Amsterdam metropolitan area

Circular economy (CE), the new ‘buzzword’ in urban and regional studies and policy debates, is about shifting from a linear production process towards a circular one in which the generation of waste is minimised, materials circulate in ‘closed loops’, and waste is not considered a burden but rather a resource that brings new economic...

Using Heritage to Develop Sustainable Port-City Relationships: Lisbon’s shift from Object-based to Landscape Approaches

Port cities face enormous sustainability challenges. In this chapter, we propose a relational view of these challenges and explore how different models of governance connect the three pillars of sustainable development: Economy, environment, and society. We also address the contradictions inherent to new port plans or waterfront projects,...

Emerging mobility technologies and transitions of urban space allocation in a Nordic governance context

The urban mobility landscape is currently undergoing a period of major uncertainties, largely driven by a multitude of emerging technologies. This chapter aims to explore plausible future changes in urban space allocation from the combined emergence of mobility services and vehicle automation. To this end the intuitive logics scenario...

Urban Characteristics of Mental Health: Data-driven policy advice for urban mental health strategies

The urban population is globally increasing. Additionally, mental health problems are increasing. The determinants of mental health are found to be more present in urban environments. Due to the growing populations and the urban presence of mental health determinants, mental health problems are risking to further increase. This thesis develops a...

Contesting metropolization by Neoliberalism: Activating vulnerable areas through inter-municipal spatial planning in Santiago de Chile

Metropolization process in Santiago de Chile has been strongly influenced by neoliberal rationale in the field of urban planning. A diffuse interaction between the forces of the urban land market, national-global trends of capital agglomeration and fragmented governance have led to a highly segregated socio-spatial structure. These processes...

Project-Related Governance: Between Effective Process and Inclusive Development: The Case of the Cape Town Waterfront

The challenge of an effective governance process and the demand for inclusive development form a tension, traceable in contemporary (Re)development Projects in South Africa. Based on the legislative premise of urban planning and architectural design, private sector developers must engage with urban authorities in the Project-related Governance...

City Branding: An empirical study into City branding based on infrastructure, landscape and spatial/planning in Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Singapore and Doha: Branding upcoming cities in the Middle and Far East

Within the field of construction management &amp; engineering are upcoming cities investigated on how they achieved economic development and how they increased the quality of life by using the phenomena of city branding as development tool. By doing so (city branding), cities hope to get a better position on the global market to attract...

The effects of governance on liveability in shrinking cities and regions: An exploratory case study of Dordrecht, Leeuwarden, and Zwolle

An exploratory case study research into possible forms of governance in shrinking urban areas.

Building up resilience in cities worldwide – Rotterdam as participant in the 100 Resilient Cities Programme

Cities worldwide are challenged by a high complexity of acute and chronic problems, including challenges related to economic development, social polarisation and segregation as well as climate change and ecological degradation. While all of these problems are complex in themselves, they are also interrelated. Addressing them in a meaningful...

Governance Processes in Smart City Initiatives: Exploring the implementation of two Dutch Smart City Projects: TRANSFORM-Amsterdam and TRIANGULUM-Eindhoven

The Smart City concept is becoming a new urban development strategy. Dutch cities, like Amsterdam and Eindhoven, are trying to develop Smart Urban Districts, driven by European funding. In this effort Practitioners and academics notify many barriers towards successful implementation of Smart City initiatives. Apart from financial, technical,...