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 …

In the Netherlands, the position of the city center is transitioning from a place-to-buy to a place-to-be. This means that the city center is changing from a place where people come to shop, to a place where people come to meet and experience. This shift causes Municipalities to reevaluate the position …

Urban flood prevention is an intensifying prerequisite of urban inhabitation due to a multiplicity of threats to population health and property. One of the components of urbanisation that can fail to fulfil its function and cause urban flooding is gully pot clogging. Frequently this is the result of …

”Landscape as House” is about animating my families landscape through a new form of topographic living: a frag-mented house embedded into forests, meadows and the village. This house creates a life constituted of movement through landscape, on the scale of a farmers ground, with rooms inhabiting its …

This final paper analyzes the reasons why the client, IHS, The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, faced decreasing numbers in the Latin American students in the past few years. The scope of the research is to determine the internal and external factors …

For this research we have formulated the following research question: how can we identify and use ecosystem services to stimulate human health and wellbeing in an urban context? Green is not only pretty but it also contributes to human health. In the past there has been found evidence that green spaces …

Onderzoeksverslag van studenten van van Hall Larenstein naar de vele baten die stadsbomen aan de mens kan leveren. Deze baten worden ecosysteemdiensten genoemd. Het onderzoek naar deze ecosysteemdiensten van stadsbomen, wil de de baten die de stadsbomen leveren inzichtelijk te maken en hier vervolgens …

Cordaid, one of the biggest development organisations in the Netherlands, works on several topics to reduce poverty all over the world. One particular topic is Urban Matters that designs smart solutions for slums. Cordaid Urban Matters has given the assignment to conduct research regarding successful …

Insteek van dit onderzoek was: “Wat is de invloed van vrij grote, kunstmatige hoogteverschillen in de Nederlandse openbare ruimte in ruimtelijke en functionele zin?”. Gekozen is voor het onderwerp hoogteverschillen, omdat er in het plangebied de Spuikom (Vlissingen) veel hoogteverschillen voorkomen. …

In dit onderzoeksrapport onderzoeken we de wijze waarop Amsterdamse stadsparken zijn verankerd met hun omgeving. Gekozen is voor zes verschillende parken, elk met een eigen positie binnen het stedelijk netwerk. Deze parken zijn: • Het Oosterpark en Vondelpark Deze parken bevinden zich binden de 19e eeuwse …