Distribution centres are becoming more and more relevant for spatial planning, due to their rapidly increasing size and number. There is little literature, however, that provides a generalized analysis of the size and functional attributes of distribution centres, and none that discusses the relationships …

The Northern Netherlands is like many delta’s prone to a wide range of climate change effects. Given the region its long history with floods and adaptation, there are numerous initiatives to be found that tried to battle these effects. As part of the Climate Adaptation Week Groningen, an inventory was …

Fysieke kleiworkshop in het Wageningse Arboretum met 40 studenten, tezamen met prof. Arjen Wals. op uitnodiging van Wageningen University (vak ECS 31806)Vooraf presenteerde ik een lezing, getiteld 'The Earth is breathing us'.

The working group Ethics in (artistic) research of kunst ≈ research invites researchers from the art schools to a programme on ethical dilemmas on Monday May 17. The programme is for professors, post-doc researchers, PhD candidates and teacher-researchers, to explore together ethical issues and questions …

Seminar als deel van de inauguratie-ceremonie van lector Jan van Boeckel. Welkomstwoord Judith van der Elst, presentation Andri Snaer Magnason (IJsland), reactie Loes Damhof, UNESCO Chair Futures Literacy, HUAS, reactie Ina Horlings, Prof. Socio-spatial planning, Faculty of Spatial Sciences (RUG), reactie …

Guest talk for the Art & Sustainability month at the RUG

Energy planning in the built environment increasingly takes place in local settings. Suitable planning models should therefore be able to capture local dynamics, such as stakeholder behaviour, resource availability and building characteristics. In relation to the key challenges of energy transition in …

Course on environmental philosophy, with emphasis on Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's concept of deep ecology