Cities worldwide are growing at unprecedented rates, compromising their surrounding landscapes, a... more Cities worldwide are growing at unprecedented rates, compromising their surrounding landscapes, and consuming many scarce resources [...]
The present research offers an exploration into the biophilic approach and the role of its agents... more The present research offers an exploration into the biophilic approach and the role of its agents in urban planning in questions of building a green, resilient urban environment. Biophilia, the innate need of humans to connect with nature, coined by Edgar O. Wilson in 1984, is a concept that has been used in urban governance through institutions, agents’ behaviours, activities and systems to make the environment nature-inclusive. Therefore, it leads to green, resilient environments and to making cities more sustainable. Due to an increasing population, space within and around cities keeps on being urbanised, replacing natural land cover with concrete surfaces. These changes to land use influence and stress the environment, its components, and consequently impact the overall resilience of the space. To understand the interactions and address the adverse impacts these changes might have, it is necessary to identify and define the environment’s components: the institutions, systems, an...
The Steenbreek program is a private Dutch program which aims to involve citizens, municipalities ... more The Steenbreek program is a private Dutch program which aims to involve citizens, municipalities and other stakeholders in replacing pavement with vegetation in private gardens. The Dutch approach is characterized by minimal governmental incentives or policy, which leaves a niche for private initiatives like Steenbreek, that mainly work on behavioural change. The aim of this paper is to build a model based on theory that can be used to improve and better evaluate depaving actions that are based on behavioural change. We tested this garden greening behaviour model in the Steenbreek program. The main result is that the model provides an understanding of the ‘how and why’ of the Steenbreek initiatives. Based on this we are able to provide recommendations for the improvement of future initiatives. Steenbreek covers a wide range of projects that together, in very different ways, take into account elements of the theoretical framework; either more on information factors, or on supporting ...
ABSTRACT De Nederlandse overheid kent forse ambities om biomassa uit natuur en landschap tot waar... more ABSTRACT De Nederlandse overheid kent forse ambities om biomassa uit natuur en landschap tot waarde te brengen. Het lectoraat richt haar onderzoek op een kosteneffectieve bestemming voor deze ‘groene biomassa’ waarbij vraagstukken omtrent oogst en logistiek worden bestudeerd. Samen met landschapsbeheerders, agrarische natuurverenigingen en terreineigenaren wordt gezocht naar een 'optimaal beheer': op het juiste moment laten vrijkomen van de juiste hoeveelheid biomassa in de gewenste kwaliteit, zónder dat daarmee de draagkracht van natuur en landschap wordt aangetast.
International journal of geographical information systems, 1992
Abstract. Many geographical information systems offer the possibility ofconvert-ing vector data t... more Abstract. Many geographical information systems offer the possibility ofconvert-ing vector data to raster data and using the raster pattern for analysis. This conversion process is already well known and has been used for many years. This paper shows how a selection of eight ...
Cities worldwide are growing at unprecedented rates, compromising their surrounding landscapes, a... more Cities worldwide are growing at unprecedented rates, compromising their surrounding landscapes, and consuming many scarce resources [...]
The present research offers an exploration into the biophilic approach and the role of its agents... more The present research offers an exploration into the biophilic approach and the role of its agents in urban planning in questions of building a green, resilient urban environment. Biophilia, the innate need of humans to connect with nature, coined by Edgar O. Wilson in 1984, is a concept that has been used in urban governance through institutions, agents’ behaviours, activities and systems to make the environment nature-inclusive. Therefore, it leads to green, resilient environments and to making cities more sustainable. Due to an increasing population, space within and around cities keeps on being urbanised, replacing natural land cover with concrete surfaces. These changes to land use influence and stress the environment, its components, and consequently impact the overall resilience of the space. To understand the interactions and address the adverse impacts these changes might have, it is necessary to identify and define the environment’s components: the institutions, systems, an...
The Steenbreek program is a private Dutch program which aims to involve citizens, municipalities ... more The Steenbreek program is a private Dutch program which aims to involve citizens, municipalities and other stakeholders in replacing pavement with vegetation in private gardens. The Dutch approach is characterized by minimal governmental incentives or policy, which leaves a niche for private initiatives like Steenbreek, that mainly work on behavioural change. The aim of this paper is to build a model based on theory that can be used to improve and better evaluate depaving actions that are based on behavioural change. We tested this garden greening behaviour model in the Steenbreek program. The main result is that the model provides an understanding of the ‘how and why’ of the Steenbreek initiatives. Based on this we are able to provide recommendations for the improvement of future initiatives. Steenbreek covers a wide range of projects that together, in very different ways, take into account elements of the theoretical framework; either more on information factors, or on supporting ...
ABSTRACT De Nederlandse overheid kent forse ambities om biomassa uit natuur en landschap tot waar... more ABSTRACT De Nederlandse overheid kent forse ambities om biomassa uit natuur en landschap tot waarde te brengen. Het lectoraat richt haar onderzoek op een kosteneffectieve bestemming voor deze ‘groene biomassa’ waarbij vraagstukken omtrent oogst en logistiek worden bestudeerd. Samen met landschapsbeheerders, agrarische natuurverenigingen en terreineigenaren wordt gezocht naar een 'optimaal beheer': op het juiste moment laten vrijkomen van de juiste hoeveelheid biomassa in de gewenste kwaliteit, zónder dat daarmee de draagkracht van natuur en landschap wordt aangetast.
International journal of geographical information systems, 1992
Abstract. Many geographical information systems offer the possibility ofconvert-ing vector data t... more Abstract. Many geographical information systems offer the possibility ofconvert-ing vector data to raster data and using the raster pattern for analysis. This conversion process is already well known and has been used for many years. This paper shows how a selection of eight ...
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