Social media have become important platforms for residents to engage with their neighborhood. This paper investigates two Facebook communities that focus in distinctly different ways on Amsterdam-Noord, a gentrifying neighborhood in Amsterdam. Dialogue on both Facebook communities is found to be thoroughly …

In hoeverre is de Scheveningse pier een 'lieu de memoire' voor de inwoners van Scheveningen? Uit onderzoeksresultaten kan worden geconcludeerd dat de pier van Scheveningen voor velen staat voor een 'plek van herinnering'. Diverse individuen kennen persoonlijke herinneringen toe aan het bouwwerk en maar …

Het Urban Leisure & Tourism Lab van Hogeschool Inholland organiseert regelmatig workshops en onderzoek rondom placemaking sinds 2017. Samen met studenten en andere stadsgebruikers, analyseren we bepaalde plekken in de stad, welke leiden tot suggesties voor interventies. Bijgevoegde power point is gebruikt …

With the lens of the hackable city, we want to highlight a vision of the city as a site of both collaboration as well as struggle and conflicts of interests. In this account, new media technologies enable citizens to organise, mobilise, innovate and collaborate towards commonly defined goals. As a lens, …

As up until this point, only little attention was paid to smaller suburbs within the revitalization process of bigger cities in times of the experience economy, awareness needs to be raised towards the need of revitalization of underused places within small suburbs to hinder people from moving away. Thus …

When it comes to shopping and spending time in the city, much of the traditional offering has made place for something new, usually more expensive: coffee bars like Starbucks with a wide range of cafés and lattes; bakery stores with a big choice of luxury croissants, sourdough, gluten free or spelt bread; …

In human-controlled environments and in cultivated landscapes, the plants accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article will focus on the use of plants for agriculture, urban planning, forestry, environmental education and indoor decoration in The Netherlands. This exploration, based …

In human-controlled environments and in cultivated landscapes, the plants accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article will focus on the use of plants for agriculture, urban planning, forestry, environmental education and indoor decoration in The Netherlands. This exploration, based …

The wide use of social media has facilitated new social practices that influence place meaning. This paper uses a double case study of two neighborhood blogs in gentrifying communities, to explore the role of social media in sharing place associations and community formation. Drawing on Collins’ theory …

PurposeThis thesis focuses on the level involvement of users, called placemaking, in the process of the creation of new place to study, work and teach as a project related to Real Estate and Facility within a Higher Education Institute in the Netherlands.Design/methodology/approachCombination of a literature …