The divide between rural and urban regions in the Netherlands seem to be increasing. Different workshops focus on all aspects asking questions like: is this realy the case?

De Directie Wonen van de gemeente Amsterdam is een langjarige samenwerking aangegaan met Onderzoeksprogramma Urban Management van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA). De HvA voert hiervoor langs drie lijnen een actie-onderzoek uit naar participatie en integraa[a]l werken in de Ontwikkelbuurten. In deze …

Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and there is a need for (inter)national knowledge exchange on Best Management Practices (BMPs) in climate adaptation. In semi-structured interviews stakeholders demanded international knowledge exchange tools that are interactive, open source …

Amsterdam Science Park (ASP) is a pearl in the crown of the Amsterdam knowledge economy, with its high-level research institutes (the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam, several institutes of the NWO, the Dutch national science organisation) and a growing number of knowledge-based companies …

Na het sluiten van de verzorgingshuizen zijn woongroepen een belangrijke schakel in het aanbod van de huisvesting voor ouderen geworden. Er is een gat ontstaan in de huisvestingsvraag voor ouderen die niet langer thuis willen of kunnen wonen, maar ook niet in aanmerking komen voor opname in een verpleeghuis. …

To profile a better physiognomy of contemporary technocratic logics of planning, this chapter explores the reform of the working processes and organisational structures of the public management bureaucracties in the Amsterdam municipality. It does so in order to reflect on the mechanisms through which …

Nowadays, the air pollution caused by car-use in urban environment has led cities to look for a reduced use of motorised transportation means. The concept of car-free cities is for this reason emerging with the intend to shift mobility systems toward a new, healthier and less oriented towards fossil …

How can transport and land-use transitions in urban regions be understood and supported? This question is increasingly relevant for researchers and policy makers alike given the growing urgency of sustainability issues confronting cities and the limited improvements can be observed despite continued …

Many agriculture problems remain nowadays concerning the future of humanity. The world population will increase more and more, and the fertile lands will decrease with the city’s expansions. Rural depopulation already began, and the carbon food print of the food is no longer an issue. Pollution is one …