economy

Crisis and urban development

My doctorate at the University of Antwerp starts from the hypothesis that since the 2008 financial and economic crises, alternative ways of urban development took place, which resulted in several shifts in the development of housing projects.

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Circular Municipality of the Future

In Flanders, every day about 6 hectares of open space is being built upon. At the same time, no less than 40 percent of the material flows go to building projects. The pilot project Circular Municipality of the Future aims to drastically reduce both.

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Climate Calls & Circular Built Environment

How can the energy transition and the challenge to meet the Paris Agreement, be seen as an opportunity for Rotterdam to become circular?

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Urban Development & the Next Economy

Until now the Rotterdam urban fabric seems to be flexible enough to absorb the first spatial impacts of the Next Economy. But to accelerate the transition, Rotterdam has a grand city renewal task ahead. An essay for the Economic Outlook Rotterdam 2017.

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Urban Circular Economy

The publication Urban Circular Economy (Stedelijke Circulaire Economie) offers the initial outcomes of the research. It gives an overview of the three scenarios, and ends with concept Urban Circular Passports for the Cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp.

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Ownership

A research comparing the relation between urban development and ownership, by owners as well as users of the space, with casestudies in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Vibrant City

Organising and leading a co-creation process between the youngsters of Rotterdam and different stakeholders in the city to accomplish projects concerning the creation of Rotterdam as a Vibrant City. 

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Urban Circular Economy @ IABR

If Urban Circular Entrepreneurs no longer will be a niche, but will form a mainstream market, what will be the effect on the city and more specific its public space?

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The Circular Pantry

The installation The Circular Pantry enables participants to discover the existing, however often unknown, possibilities of food flows in a house and neighbourhood.

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Urban Circular Economy @ Metropoolforum 2o15

How to create new innovation and production areas? The project Urban Circular Economy was presented and debated upon with peers during Metropool Forum 2o15.

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The spatial impact of the sharing economy and product as a service

The sharing economy and product as a service are growing. What will be their spatial and environmental effects in Flanders?

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Innovative City Port

The publication Innovative City Port provides a long-term vision, a strategic framework and development strategy for the northern part of Eilandje and Steenborgerweert, Antwerp.

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Innovative City Port

How to combine production and urban development? A vision, framework and development strategy for 'The Innovative City Port', an area located at Antwerp North, where the city and the port area of Antwerp meet.

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Urban Circular Economy @ Weekend Knack

Interview with David Dooghe by Weekend Knack on circular economy.

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TimeLine_ Rotterdam

A historic and spatial research, which makes the components behind the urban dynamic of Rotterdam comprehensible.

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Urban Circular Economy

The development and testing of a methodology, which pushes forward the qualitative spatial development of an urban circular economy.

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Urban Circular Economy @ Isocarp 2o15 Antwerp

How to rework the productive city? The project Urban Circular Economy was presented and debated upon with peers during Isocarp 2o15 Antwerp.

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Expert meeting o2 Urban Circular Economy

What are the views from entrepreneurs on the three Urban Circular Economy scenarios?

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Urban Circular Economy @ Plandag 2o15

The research question, method and first results of the Urban Circular Economy project were described for Plandag 2o15, ‘Making Space’

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