In the Netherlands retail planning was formerly the national government’s responsibility, until it was decentralised to provinces and municipalities by the Nota Ruimte in 2004. This led to large differences between provinces, ...

Large sections of the central residential areas in the two biggest cities of Greece, Athens and Thessaloniki, have a number of attributes that define them as problematic areas, as a result of the history of their development. ...

Increasing urbanization leads to more compact cities, but despite living in closer proximity, community building among urban dwellers is decreasing. Co-living is an emerging housing typology that has a particular focus on ...

The basis of planning is the idea of creating a 'good' city (Steele and Ruming 2002). Therefore, planning discipline needs to analyze market needs well and create balance with public interest while preparing implementation ...

To investigate waste separation behaviour (WSB) of students living in Nijmegen, two different analyses were used. The first tested students’ claimed behaviour and whether this behaviour differs between the two main types ...

Since 2008, a shift from a public-led approach towards owners-led and (more) private-led development can be seen in The Netherlands. Practice shows a large number of experiments which try developing in a ‘new’ way, in the ...

With cities becoming denser and a global goal of limiting the emission of greenhouse gasses, an urgent need to rethink urban mobility and the space use of parked cars exists. In the USA, the transformation of parking space ...

New smart mobility developments may aid to influence the resilience of the mobility network in the Randstad. The main research question: To what extend do smart mobility measures at an urban level influence the regional ...

This thesis explores the shortage of affordable rental housing for low income households in the inner-city of Johannesburg and how increased involvement from the private sector can be encouraged to deliver more housing. ...

A role-out of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) will be needed to implement a transition towards a low-carbon transport-sector. While EVCI is currently mainly provided by market and governmental parties, the ...