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A. Romein
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Inclusive public space
Improving inclusivity through spatial design in Tarwewijk
This research focuses on how to improve levels of inclusivity through spatial design in hyper-diverse and socio-spatial segregated neighbourhoods in order to improve the liveability in urban areas and is conducted in the neighbourhood Tarwewijk in Rotterdam-Zuid. The research has
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Preservation through Adaptation
Revitalising St Barbara church with a focus on preservation and choice of materials
The upcoming circular economy has consequences for the application of materials within the building sector, which requires a different mindset and way of designing from the architect. The aim of this research is to develop a Circularity Overview in which the materials of a buildi
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An alternative urban paradigm?
Local knowledge and the power of community as a base for sustainable development in Mathare Valley, Nairobi
Nairobi’s urban processes today are largely impacted by global and postcolonial forces. Its inherited planning frameworks keep contributing to the self-sustaining systems of socio-economic inequality and exclusion of the urban poor in a capitalist society. At the same time, its u
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Regeneration through creativity
Dynamics of a post-socialist, Eastern European society and the possibilities of a creativity-led regeneration in Budapest
The last decades in the spatial development of the cities in Eastern Europe can be described as a complex outcome of the institutional and societal changes after the era change in 1989. During this time the economy of these countries was transformed from a central-planning-contro
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The process of urban systems integration
An integrative approach towards the institutional process of systems integration in urban area development
Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This makes them centres of resource consumption and waste production. Sustainable development is seen as an opportunity to respond to the consequences of urbanisation and climate change. In recent years the concepts
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Regaining public space in modern Greece
The case of Chania
Taking into consideration that ancient Greece is highly correlated to the democratic public space, the aim of the present thesis is to regain public space in modern Greece, by having as a testing location a medium-sized city, Chania. Public space was an important part of Greek pe
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#Amsterdam after 6 pm
Planning for a diverse and balanced night-time economy
With the development of the social economy, the traditional urban work and rest pattern of working during the day and resting at night has gradually changed. The night-time economy has become a new engine for urban regeneration, economic growth and cultural creation.The growth of
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From Liminal Politics to Intimate Spaces
The protagonist of this work is the rightless, displaced person - a population of individuals in transition, hidden like a shadow in the contemporary city. Departing from the active oppression of this considerable group from the fabric of the city and the ways in which architectu
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Post-War Refurbishment
Making post-war era houses sustainable
The Netherlands faces climate change due to global warming and earthquakes due to gas production. To decrease both earthquakes and CO2 production, the government aims to half the gas production in the coming four years and aims for an entire stop by 2030. Over 80% of Dutch houses
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Regenerative Ruins
Reevaluating and implementing decentralized freshwater harvesting techniques as a tool to transform decaying monuments in the urban context of Willemstad, Curaçao
As freshwater scarcity has become one of the most important environmental and social issues of the 21st century, the way the built environment interacts with water must be reconsidered. Today’s urban water cycle in Curaçao is characterized by linear, centralized, polluting, costl
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Livable old community
Participative approach as a tool to promote community redevelopment
Chengdu is experiencing rapid development, and the urban area is sprawling to the south and east, leaving many old communities in the north. Most old communities were built before the 1980s with the aging built environment. Spatial structure cannot meet the increasing need of peo
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The decline of public space in the digital age?
A search for a new synergy between the use of digital devices in and traditional use of urban public space
The world we live in is more and more a digital world and the number of people having access to digital communication technologies is growing rapidly. This integration of digital technologies into everyday life is what is called the digitalization process (IGI Global dictionary,
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Growing Society
The application of agroecology in public space design to tackle environmental and social issues
In this thesis report, research and landscape architecture design are integrated to formulate guiding principles to combat environmental and social issues in urban areas through the case-study of Lombardijen, a neighbourhood in the south of Rotterdam.
In the recently published I
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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 mus
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Life in the Shadow of the Atlantikwall
Designing a Reconciliation Landscape for the Places in Between in The Hague
Although not widely known, The Hague emerged as one of the most impaired cities in the Netherlands after World War II (Mellink, Saal & Van Schuppen, 2017). Bombings on Statenkwartier and Bezuidenhout left part of the city in ashes (Van Der Boom, 1995; Verbaan, 2011), but also the
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An Alternative New Town Paradigm
Towards an Inclusive New Town in Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa is often regarded as the world’s fasted urbanizing region. This implies the high demand for urban housing, infrastructure developments and services. In many cases, because the government is unable to provide solutions, it shifts the approach from “providing to
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Altamira beyond Belo Monte
Gaps and opportunities for promoting sustainable development in a new energy landscape
The research focuses in the city of Altamira, in Brazil. The municipality is located in the margins of the Xingu river, affluent of the Amazon river, and has been facing intense socio economic transformations, mainly through the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric power
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Urban Design for Physical Activity
An exploration of the use of quantitative statistics to determine the role of urban design of public space in Westland, the Netherlands, in encouraging adolescents to be more physically active
In the entire
European Region over 80% of the adolescents are not active enough (WHO, 2019b).
Physical activity can be seen as an essential component of human health as it
can contribute to reducing the risk at several diseases, such as diabetes,
depression, and several types of
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Third places as a vector
Utilizing third places to reconnect the socio-spatial network between the Lilong neighbourhoods and the post-industrial area in Yangpu district, Shanghai
The project started with the fascination of vanishing traditional living space in Shanghai, the Lilong and shantytown. The traditional living neighbourhoods reflect the historic socio-spatial network of the first spaces (Lilong, shantytown), the second places ( modern textile fac
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Urban Happiness
How urbanists should carry out citizens’ participation during the design process to improve citizens their lives
Social inequility is still part of the current world, not only in the poorer countries but also in the wealthiest once. With the use of gentrification it was tried to hide the poverty by improving the quality of neighbourhoods. Although this improved the liveability and wealthine
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