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Steinert, S. (author)
Philosophers ask fundamental questions about values and valuing. Some of the philosophical debates about these fundamental questions have repercussions for the value theories of other disciplines. This chapter focuses on crucial conceptual distinctions and philosophical positions about value. For instance, the difference between extrinsic and...
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Steinert, S. (author)
Previous chapters considered value theories of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy. These disciplines can benefit and learn from one another, and closer interaction between disciplines will lead to better value theory. To facilitate an interdisciplinary understanding of value, this chapter will highlight the overlap between the...
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Winiwarter, Wilfried (author), Palensky, P. (author)
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Hausleitner, B. (author), Stuyt, Mae-Ling (author)
Streets are where the needs and values of different users and activities come together. Main streets in the Netherlands were either planned in major urban expansions or developed over time in the shape of ribbons upon dykes—‘long lines’ of continuously active streets. This chapter presents two cases from the Amsterdam metropolitan region:...
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Hausleitner, B. (author), Clossick, Jane (author), Martire, Agustina (author)
Everyday streets facilitate various activities and movements, both indoors and outdoors. The second section of this book addresses the following question: What is the relationship between the urban form of everyday streets and the activities that occur on them?
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Martire, Agustina (author), Hausleitner, B. (author), Clossick, Jane (author)
Everyday streets are both the most used and the most undervalued of cities’ public spaces. They constitute the inclusive backbone of urban life – the chief civic amenity – though they are challenged by optimisation processes. Everyday streets are as profuse, rich and complex as the people who use them; they are places of social aggregation,...
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Ninan, Dr Johan (author), Krishnamurthy, Mathangi (author), Mahalingam, Ashwin (author)
This chapter considers the central role of uncertainty for cognition and action in construction project organising with a focus on how project practitioners think about the future. It takes a cognitive approach to uncertainty in the context of a broader information processing approach to decision-making in organisations. The chapter’s main...
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van den Heuvel, D. (author), van Wijk, Martin (author)
The chapter contains a report of the ongoing research into queer voices and architecture at the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, which holds the National Collection of Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning. After introducing the National Collection, the authors critically examine how its internal power dynamics and mechanisms privilege certain...
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Pohl, D. (author), Esteve Castelló, Pol (author)
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van den Heuvel, D. (author)
A critical discussion of contemporary exhibition design in relation to diversity and inclusion policies of museums and heritage institutions, as part of the NWO sponsored Smart Culture project: The Critical Visitor, Intersectional Approaches for Rethinking & Retooling Accessibility and Inclusivity in Heritage Spaces.
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Boeve, M.N. (author), van Bueren, Ellen (author)
In deze bijdrage staan vraagstukken die zich voordoen rondom gebiedsontwikkeling in de nabijheid van zware industrie centraal. Vanuit juridisch en bestuurskundig oogpunt wordt ingegaan op de mogelijkheden tot (het afdwingen van) 'vergroening' van de industrie en/of de keuzes tot behoud, tot verplaatsing of stopzetten van de industriële...
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Terwel, K.C. (author)
This chapter focuses on human and organizational factors that are usually behind the technical cause of failure. In this chapter the focus is on the collapse of the extension of the roof of the Football Club Twente stadium in Enschede (The Netherlands) during construction, resulting in two fatalities.
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Terwel, K.C. (author)
This chapter focuses on human and organisational factors that are usually behind the technical cause of failure. This is illustrated by a case of the collapse of five balconies in 2003 in Maastricht (The Netherlands) resulting in two fatalities.
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Mostert, E. (author)
In de voorgaande hoofdstukken stond de vraag centraal hoeveel invloed de ingezetenen van een waterschap hebben op de besluit­vorming door het waterschapsbestuur. In dit hoofdstuk staat de vraag centraal welke speelruimte de waterschapsbesturen hebben. Kunnen zij een eigen beleid voeren of zijn zij met hand en en voeten gebonden aan wet- en...
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Knoop, V.L. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)
When do traffic jams emerge? Can we predict, given certain demand levels, when queuing will occur, how long the queues will be, how they will propagate in space and time, and how long it takes for the congestion to resolve? Why does an overloaded traffic network underperform? This chapter gives a basic introduction in traffic flow theory which...
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Schneider, Jan (author), Mat Sanusi, Khaleel Asyraaf (author), Limbu, B.H. (author), Schmitz, Marcel (author), Schiffner, Daniel (author)
This paper presents an approach that helps distinguish expert and novice performance easily by observing the sensor data without having to understand nor apply models to the sensor signal. The method consists of plotting the sensor data and identifying irregularities. We corroborate, with the help of sensors, that expert performances are...
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van Bergeijk, H.D. (author)
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van de Poel, I.R. (author), Sand, M. (author)
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Hopster, J. (author), Brey, P. (author), Klenk, M.B.O.T. (author), Löhr, G. (author), Marchiori, S. (author), Lundgren, B. (author), Scharp, K. (author)
This chapter provides a theoretical lens on conceptual disruption. It offers a typology of conceptual disruption, discusses its relation to conceptual engineering, and sketches a programmatic view of the implications of conceptual disruption for the ethics of technology. We begin by distinguishing between three different kinds of conceptual...
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Savenije, T.J. (author), Zhao, J. (author), Caselli, V.M. (author)
Perovskite-based solar cells have been rapidly developed, with record power conversion efficiencies now exceeding 25%. In order to rationally improve the efficiency of these devices, it is important to understand and quantify the dynamics of the excess charge carriers.
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