Abstracts Archive

Climate change is amplifying heat stress risks in European cities, diminishing the livability of public spaces. This issue is intensified by a lack of a spatial overview necessary for mitigating action. Heat stress disrupts crucial urban functions and poses health risks (Böcker & Thorsson, 2014; Eb...

Building upon the insightful work of Cobham (2020), which underscores the significance of what we count, this paper contends that the methods employed in counting are equally critical. As demonstrated by Cobham (2020), policies and decisions are underpinned by evidential data; thus, being excluded f...

Traditionally, hospitals have been criticized for their monolithic structure, embodying a one-size-fits-all approach that may not align with the diverse and evolving healthcare needs of the population. This monolithic nature often results in centralized decision-making, rigid hierarchies, and a lack...

Overview In this abstract, we propose organizing a workshop for the collaborative exploration of future scenarios for smart renewable energy systems design at Amsterdam SouthEast. Local energy generation and storage combined with smart technologies can create opportunities for communities, household...

This workshop shares our model for building public civic partnerships between social initiatives and governments to jointly tackle complex challenges the city is facing in fields as the energy transition, food production and housing. In this workshop Waag Futurelab offers lessons, tools and practice...

Our cities are in undergoing significant transitions, encompassing the energy transition, climate neutrality, and CO2 reduction, while concurrently addressing pressing spatial challenges like the housing crisis within tight timelines and ambitious goals. These transitions will profoundly impact the ...

Today’s cities are datafied smart cities. Data - and the more visible manifestations of data in the form of apps, platforms, and urban interfaces - shape how people interact in a range of social domains and with various institutions. The nature of datafied systems, the power relations and the valu...

Overview: This workshop introduces people to the idea of ‘energy actions’ - relationally networked activities that support sustainability transitions by sharing and exchanging energy and building a social fabric of personal exchange. This particular approach is based on the concept of ‘relatio...

The Clean Energy for all Europeans package (2019) and the Renewable Energy Directive (2018) paved the way for Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) to become part of the energy landscape of the EU (Hearn & Castaño-Rosa, 2021). Although progress is heterogenous across different member states, increasi...

In previous research, we have developed a method for urban diversity mapping. As applications of this method, we have demonstrated how to map the diversity of urban activities, building materials, and architectural styles, as well as the diversity of news coverage about any urban area. We are now fu...

This scientific paper is about an urban ‘development’ that sparked one of the greatest threats to life: automobility. Motor vehicle crashes have killed more people than World War II (Braun & Randell, 2022), resulting not only from the car itself but also from the social and physical reconstructi...

Purpose: Food Sharing Initiatives (FSIs) have the potential to make urban and peri-urban food systems more circular, shared and resilient through collective actions across the food system – from growing and harvesting, to cooking and eating, to composting and food waste prevention. While food shar...

Within the context of the climate change adaptation and mitigation plans, the Netherlands is intensifying efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This pursuit requires substantial investments in energy infrastructure, which poses challenges in terms of cost and spatial feasibility. Spatial plann...

This study investigates an integrated water- and land-transportation (IWLT) system for a delivery service in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where inland waterways cover 25% of the city's land area. Meeting the demands of the growing population and tourist population has become challenging under regulat...

Designing Cities For All (DCFA) is a research and presentation programme and is made up of various components. The programme is a combination of desk research, interviews and practical research on the one hand (supported by a total of six Fellows who will each work on the programme for three months)...

Aanleiding Om aan de woningnood tegemoet te komen, worden de komende jaren honderdduizenden woningen gebouwd. Dit gebeurt dikwijls in nieuwe hybride bouwblokken met extreem hoge dichtheden. Juist vanwege die dichtheden biedt de bouwopgave een kans om grote slagen te maken met belangrijke maatschappe...

City logistics as a massively overlooked component in the increasingly messy urban environment. However, empirical research and planning tools are very little available to facilitate more sustainable city logistics policy making. This is increasingly problematic due to the rapid growth of ‘micro f...

Technical entrepreneurs and startups are reimagining and reinterpreting cities as sites for local wind energy production, distribution, and consumption. They develop small- and medium-scale wind energy technology resembling trees or tulip flowers that can be integrated into building structures, urba...

Urban areas are facing increasing challenges from extreme weather events caused by climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes the alteration of weather patterns, resulting in higher frequency and intensity of weather extremes. This phenomenon is evident in the Ne...

The pressing challenge of mitigating climate change demands precise measurements of urban emissions. Traffic, a significant contributor, necessitates accurate quantification for effective reduction. However, cities globally struggle due to the complex spatial and temporal emission variations. This s...

Sociology has brought forth two antithetical models of the city: the concentric "Chicago" model and the polycentric "Los Angeles" model. In this presentation I revisit these models through the lens of linear and nonlinear mathematical modeling. I show that the concentric model can be described with ...

In this workshop, we aim to bridge research and policy gaps in urban mobility. Principles of mobility justice, inclusion and transport equity will be applied to craft adaptable policy recommendations for local transport in diverse cities. The workshop aims 1) to teach you how to integrate inclusion ...

Plastic pollution in the natural environment poses a growing threat to ecosystems and human health, prompting urgent needs for monitoring, clean-ups, and new policies. One key aspect is the identification and definition of plastic hotspots to effectively prioritize resource allocation and mitigation...

The accelerated urbanization of Brazilian cities over the last fifty years, coupled with climatic influences, has caused serious impacts on human and natural systems, and is being addressed under the heading of climate change (IPCC, 2014). Mitigation and adaptation measures depend on various policie...

The City of Amsterdam faces critical challenges concerning private car ownership and parking space utilization. With limited public space, the dominance of private cars and their associated parking spots poses a significant issue. To address these concerns and align with its policy goals, which incl...

With advances in technology and economic throughput, solar energy has become a key element in the urban energy transition. However, there are widespread inequalities in solar energy adoption which is aided by disproportionate government efforts to increase the overall installed capacity. To redress ...

Contemporary urban planning has shifted towards profit-generation objectives, neglecting the fundamental needs of local communities. This transition has led to social exclusion and distrust among urban populations. This paradigm calls for a reevaluation of urban planning methodologies and a repriori...

Energy poverty is the result of low income, high consumption and costs and poor energy efficiency of the home. Energy poverty affects nearly 50 million homes in Europe (Boeri et al., 2020). Although the EU has an agenda and a policy for this, the Netherlands does not have a policy, leaving municipal...

In the development of biobased products, the choice of the feedstock, the development of the material and the design of the product are intimately linked. For example, the choice of a certain feedstock can have consequences on the possible end-of-life strategies of the product. For successful biobas...

In the complex tapestry of urban governance, the traditionally perceived trade-off between accountability and discretion is undergoing a seismic shift with the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in recent years. This article investigates the transformative role of AI in bureaucratic systems, off...