According to myth, Rome was created more than 2,500 years ago on two hills. Romulus climbed the Palantine Hill and Remus took up position on a nearby hill, the Aventine Hill. From here, the city grew over seven hills into an unprecedented metropolis. Two millennia later, its inhabitants have barely …

Dit onderzoek beschrijft de huidige toestand en het functioneren van de gemeentelijke waterelementen in Laarbeek. Door gebruik te maken van streefbeelden is de gewenste situatie duidelijk gemaakt. Dit maakt het mogelijk een opzet te genereren met aanbevelingen voor het opstellen van een beheerplan. De …

Panel discussion on big data, algorithmic profiling, filter bubbles and political populism with Florian Cramer, Daniel Irrgang, Matteo Pasquinelli, Vesselin Popov, Peter Weibel and Siegried Zielinski. In: The political economy of data: on psychometrics, deep learning and net populism. Daniel Irrgang, …

The current Facebook farewell activism will likely end up being just as ineffective as the Post-Snowden crypto activism of the last few years and Linux install parties before that. Facebook-quitters will likely rejoin the network after a hiatus, if they haven’t stayed on Whatsapp and Instagram anyway. …

The Antwerp Zoo has been chosen as the pilot location for a meeting place to rediscover nature in the center of a modern city. People look for nature and thus create places for such encounters in cities: a public garden, a botanical garden, a zoological garden. Life has always been subject to the limitations …

Brabant Park is structured along currently unused and forgotten canals. It connects cities and towns in the Province of Brabant and has a huge potential of waterways, routes, enclaves, enhanced landscapes and urban spaces, new transport systems, touristic routes, city walks and recreational sports. Its …

The Hybrid City’ proves that there are alternative ways to compact cities without compromising the quality of life, affordability, health and accessibility of the city. For this we have to review conventional ways of housing and living together. Network economies, the rise of digital possibilities and …

Cities experience increasing pressure from families who want to live in the city cores. Families are an important target group as they connect different generations and take responsibility for their immediate environment. The current housing market falls short of the spatial needs for a safe environment …

Electromagnetic articulography (EMA) is one of the instrumental phonetic research methods used for recording and assessing articulatory movements. Usually, articulographic data are analysed together with standard audio recordings. This paper, however, demonstrates how coupling the articulograph with …

Voorliggend rapport biedt op basis van verschillende perspectieven zicht op de aard en omvang van ouderenmishandeling bij thuiswonende 65-plussers in Nederland. Actuele kennis over deze problematiek is in een vergrijzende samenleving als de onze van groot belang om meer grip te krijgen op het probleem …