Abstracts Archive

Since the beginning of this century, the arrival of governmental Urban Technology - also known as Smart City Technology - in public spaces promises to keep the city clean, safe and well maintained. The livability and even the quality of life in cities is claimed to improve according to this narrativ...

Pollinator decline is a global concern that demands urgent attention. In Amsterdam alone, there are 104 wild bee species that require exclusive care and conservation. While cities are increasingly recognizing their role in preserving biodiversity and preventing pollinator extinction, they often lack...

As urban landscapes grapple with deep rooted disparities, universities worldwide aim for making a true 'impact.' Now, more than ever, the public call for academics is to seek active societal relevance. Yet, universities as institutions historically have been a place for a social elite that researche...

In the era of the increasing complexity of cities, urban research requires more 'messy' approaches. Interwoven social, technological, and ecological questions would benefit from transdisciplinary, more inclusive knowledge in the urban design and policymaking processes, where different parties, such ...

Schools, as dynamic learning microcosms, encompass diverse members—students, teachers, administration, and support staff—each contributing unique roles, capabilities, and perspectives shaped by experiential and cultural backgrounds. Despite being integral to their localities, schools are often o...

Amsterdam and Rotterdam have embarked on the redevelopment of waterfront areas in Haven-Stad and Stadshavens/Makers District respectively. Those redevelopment efforts are situated in the ‘port-city interface’, areas where port and city meet and often collide (Wiegmans & Louw, 2011; Van den Bergh...

By the year 2040, Amsterdam wants to be independent from natural gas, and by 2050 the entire city needs to be carbon neutral. For the 17th-century inner city of Amsterdam, the municipality aims for a 70% reduction in natural gas and to use biogas, hydrogen and hybrid solutions. The district is now m...

In the journey towards a sustainable future, the transition to a circular economy is pivotal. This session, "Sharing and Repairing in Everyday Urban Life," will explore innovative forms of consumption crucial to this transition. We will focus on social practices and behavioural questions concerning ...

Construction is responsible for 38% of CO2 emissions and 40% energy consumption globally. The reuse of construction materials has been receiving increasing attention, including European Union regulations, and cities setting goals to reuse construction materials. This is the case for Amsterdam, which...

We propose a session with a forum discussion amongst scholars and stakeholders in waste water reuse in the AMA. Our lead way and introduction to this forum discussion is a recently started project between the universities of Utrecht, Eindhoven and Wageningen involving a multidisciplinary exploration...

Urban vegetation – encompassing all trees, shrubs, lawns, and other vegetation in cities –, if adequately managed, can play an important role to ensure a good quality of life and meet the challenges set by Agenda 2030, helping to reach 15 Sustainable Development Goals: indeed, in urban environme...

Historic canals, waterfront warehouses, and maritime headquarters, defined as Port City Heritage, are highly visible in Amsterdam, attracting locals and tourists around the world. However, global challenges and messiness threaten the citizen’s everyday life and well-being, such as pollution, gentr...

Future planning in developing Indian cities is as dynamic as her rivers. Global South cities will become front-and-center during this century as they become crucibles of global trade & development. For my MSc. thesis, therefore, I wanted to study one aspect of this in my home country, India. Rather ...

"The complexities and uncertainties associated with climate change pose by far the greatest challenges that planners have ever been asked to handle" [1]. Climate-related disruptions are increasing in frequency and complexity, necessitating long-term strategies that encompass interconnected urban sys...

Space Syntax, developed by Hillier and his colleagues, and Urban Morphology, developed by Muratori, Whitehand, Conzen and the School of Versailles are significant contributions for generating general understandings or theory building on built environments. In this contribution Roy Bhaskar's critical...

The world is facing multiple challenges, e.g. housing crises, climate change, road safety and social inclusion. Mobility, an important aspect of these challenges, can be part of the problem yet has the potential to be part of the solution. Governments play an important role in developing mobility sy...

This study critically examines the role of architects in negotiating urban politics and urban imaginaries in the context of large-scale iconic architecture. Using the Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC) designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) as a case study, we explore the compl...

With the shift from traditional planning based on medieval cities to Le Corbusier-inspired innovations of the 20th century, the legacy of both traditions poses major questions about sustainability and conservation for present-day cities. These two design traditions are compared by analysing their ap...

XCARCITY - Designing car-low urban areas using digital twins Increasing housing density and decreasing space for transport infrastructure and private parking are posing severe challenges for the sustainable accessibility of urban regions. There is an urgent need for space-efficient smart mobility so...

The Green Village is a field lab for sustainable innovation in the built environment, with actual residents and exempt of standard rules and regulations. Every day, knowledge- and educational institutions, entrepreneurs, government bodies and civilians can research, experiment, validate and demonstr...

PURPOSE: The purpose of the workshop is to propose an innovative culturally sensitive, trauma informed transdisciplinary methodology Relational Action Forums for Transition (RAFTs) to research and enact community led eco social interventions for more resilient and sustainable cities. RAFTs offer an ...

There is an urgent need for transitions towards green energy that requires shifts in collective behaviours and energy systems. It is crucial to design for socially inclusive transition possibilities that support the agency and resilience of residents who are ignored, not supported, or priced out by ...

A restructuring of the urban mobility system is essential to achieve the climate targets for transportation and sustainable transportation systems. A good mobility transition requires changes in all areas, such as the built environment, prices and regulations, mobility behaviour, and propulsion syst...

With ever more people living in cities worldwide, it becomes increasingly important to understand the positive and negative impacts of the urban habitat on livability, health behaviors and health outcomes. However, implementing interventions that tackle the exposome in complex urban systems can be c...

The combination of Public Transport and Shared Mobility Services has the potential to reduce the door-to-door travel times of passengers and offer a competitive alternative to the use of private vehicles in urban areas. Past studies have shown that there is significant potential for a modal shift to...

Greenery functions contribute to healthy living for citizens. Densely populated urban area's all over the World intend to prepare for future droughts periods by accessing new urban water sources for blue green infrastructure and greenery functions. An innovative opportunity of accessing fresh water ...

This 90-minute shared learning experience aims to collectively explore how members of projects executed within the urban fabric can more systematically approach their joint value creation process to increase the sustainability, livability, and resilience of cities. The experience is designed around ...

In the digital media era, social media changes people’s behavior and their use and experience of the city in everyday life. Being in the city for many people now is marked by many social media posts. Meanwhile, social media changes places through peoples’ behavior as well. The phenomenon of the ...

The Mission Cities launched by the European Commission have selected 1 00 cities in the EU (plus others in associated countries) for delivering tangible results in terms of climate neutrality for 2030. 2030. TThese cities hese cities will will act as experimentation and innovation hubs to enable all...

This session consists of two parts. First, we will present a scientific paper on the development of dynamic product passports for IT hardware. Second, we will demonstrate a new tool, Circular Resource Planning for IT (RePlanIT), that successfully implements academic research to empower end users of ...