Placemaking Week Europe is an annual festival that brings together 700+ placemakers, urbanists, city officials, and community leaders from across Europe and beyond. Placemaking Week Europe is created in the spirit of collaboration and inspiration and it has proven to be a vital platform to share best …

Across cities and urban regions in The Netherlands unusual collaborations emerge which aim to develop new circular business models that facilitate product and resource longevity through various upcycling strategies, such as reuse, repair, refurbish, repurpose and/or remanufacture. Municipalities, social …

Image it is 2100 and half of the Netherlands has flooded. How will such a disaster influence how we see ourselves and our society and result in new design principles for the much-needed new cities? By combining several sources (e.g. the WUR and PBL future scenario's) and based on his view on the newly …

Rondleiding op de Klimaatproeftuin BuildinG. Piet neemt jullie mee in de ontwikkeling op het gebied van innovaties over dit onderwerp. Joey Koning en studenten delen ervaringen uit onderzoek en experimenten op het gebied van klimaatadaptatie. Joanne Boonstra vertelt samen met een studentonderzoeker over …

How can (new) forms of communication help us to emphasise the urgency and opportunities of climate adaptation regionally and (inter)nationally?👉 We are organizing parallel sessions on different communication tools that can impact climate adaptation: 1. VR: Marije Tempel showing us learned lessons in …

In the past decade, the Netherlands has witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of homeless individuals, with figures doubling according to recent statistics (CBS, 2021). This alarming trend underscores the growing urgency to support this vulnerable population. While the main approach to homelessness …

Many European cities have recently experienced anti-tourism protests, as a result of unmanageable flows of tourism. Residents increasingly voice their dissatisfaction. Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations, benefits financially and culturally from international visitors, yet faces …

Europe’s energy transition is gradually reshaping the labour market, with renewables generating new types of jobs and shifting skill requirements. In Greece, the process is underway, but regional disparities remain, particularly in areas like Western Macedonia, where the move away from lignite brings …

This article discusses the development of simulation models in the energy education of tomorrow, in order to gain deeper insight into the functioning of technical installations. The related research focuses on designing a method to simulate complex hydraulic systems and to incorporate these simulations …