In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, on-demand delivery platforms have become an increasingly common feature of urban economies across the globe. Noted for their use of hyper-outsourced, “lean” business models ...

Over the past few years, multiple municipalities in the Netherlands decide to employ a waste coach. This social approach should decrease the distance between the citizen and the policy maker through personal communication. ...

The factors that affect why individuals may choose to cycle are vast. Evidence suggests infrastructure is a key factor affecting cycling levels. This thesis will investigate the correlation between cycling infrastructure ...

Place branding is a common practice nowadays. The local identity of places is gaining more and more importance as a factor in location choice for companies, residents, visitors and talent because of the ongoing globalisation ...

This study was conducted to investigate changing strategies of retailers due to the increasing internet purchases, and consequences this may have on the retail structure. Thorough knowledge on this subject was missing, ...

The Dutch city centers are in trouble. In the last few decades, they have been the buzzing heart of the city. Now, this has reduced because less and less people are regularly visiting the city centre. According to many ...

This research is on the contacts and activities in the makerspace Bouwkeet, located in Rotterdam, and their influence on a sense of community. Besides, the social effects of this sense of a community are discussed: ...

In recent years, concepts like ‘the creative city’, ‘the creative class’ and ‘the creative industry’ started to become very popular with urban managers and city planners. Arguably the most important reason for this was the ...

Declining demography and online shopping are the biggest changes for middle-sized cities in the periphery of the Randstad. Developing city centres is therefore necessary, but what is the best strategy? In addition, how do ...

Dutch cycling culture differs from that of the rest of the world. It is supported by policy measures but also by society and therefore everybody seems to cycle and even the prime-minister and queen do it. It is therefore safe ...