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Mind Your Gap
_COLUMN_ by Marleen Buizer Some metaphors work brilliantly well. Take tips of icebergs, or glass ceilings, or better still, the cherry on the cake. Other metaphors are less friendly. Did you notice, that war-terminology is on the rise?
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The problem police and the problem of problems
_COLUMN_ by Martijn Duineveld Since the creation of problems is deeply related to funding (for research and other projects) and can have many societal and political consequences, it would be great if we would invest a little bit more effort in problematizing problems before immediately solving them. To do so I propose the problem police. They are cool, sexy and rock and roll.
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Planners and their ethical deliberations in Dutch planning practice
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Ruud Oosterhaven My thesis dealt with an exploration of how spatial planners and politically elected decision makers in Dutch spatial planning practice deal with ethical or moral, as perceived by them, dilemmas in their work and the values that guide them in their work.
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Who is planning our landscape?
_GRADUATION WORK_ by Sarah Nietiedt Within my thesis, I investigated the power of citizens to realize their civic initiatives and therewith improve the quality of their living environment. Therefore, I analyzed the relationships between citizen groups and governmental and non-governmental organizations to find an answer on the question: Who is planning our landscape?
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Conference: Natura 2000 in action!
_OTHER_ by Frank Gorissen ‘Natura 2000 in action’ was the motivating title of the third annual conference of the European Learning Network for Regions and Biodiversity, which took place on 10 and 11 December 2014 in the stunning Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain. I had the pleasure to be invited for both days. They were filled with presentations and workshops that aimed to make the organization of Natura 2000 areas more multidisciplinary, instead of keeping it in the realm of the ecologists.
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The Mastodons – Shared space: a parasitic concept
_COLUMN_ by The Mastodons The last couple of years, we have seen more traffic areas that are designed as a shared space. A closer look reveals that the shared spaces itself created such an incredible insecure environment that road features had to be brought back in.
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Information overload at the IABR
_OTHER_ door Sascha Geneste As for the most people the holidays have started, a lot of people are travelling around. If you happen to stumble across Rotterdam, then there is of course the IABR (International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam) exhibition at the Kunsthal.
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Deventer: the romanticized Dutch planning process
_BOOK REVIEW_ by Flore Bijker Deventer is a fascinating book – both informative and exciting, written in an intelligent and vivid tone. Matthew Stadler is an American journalist, discovering and describing the Dutch urban landscape and its complex planning practices. He follows a planning process in Deventer, where an innovative real-estate project takes place, including a cross-disciplinary team of architects, business experts, financiers, artist and planners.
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Urban Aspirations and Theme Park and Casino Tourism-led Transformations at Hengqin Island
_ARTICLE_ by Chin Ee Ong In this article, I consider one aspect of the Chinese urban governance process – the intended creation of the third ‘New Area’ in China (after Pudong in Shanghai and Binhai in Tianjin) on the island of Hengqin in the Pearl River Delta.