From nomadic labour to online services and from street food kitchens to pop-up shops, informality is on the rise as never before. Its transformative power can be seen in the new ways we produce, consume and live, with commerce playing a crucial role in these changes. The resulting tension between the formal and the informal is nowhere more evident than in the struggles over contested marketplaces.

This book provides a deeper understanding of the formal-informal linkages that have given shape ...

Luchthaven Schiphol blokkeert de ontwikkeling van een gebied dat ruim vijfmaal zo groot is als Amsterdam. Krimp van het vliegverkeer staat hoog op de politieke agenda, maar de logica van het luchtruim blijft centraal staan.

Leven onder het luchtruim werpt een vernieuwende blik op Schiphol en richt zich op de omgeving: wat is er te winnen als je één of meer startbanen sluit? Baan voor baan schetsen fotograaf Theo Baart en journalist en stadsonderzoeker Tijs van den Boomen een rijkgeschakeerd...

A compelling visual and narrative journey through the ever-changing Dutch Delta

Combining perspectives from science, art and design, the book presents a holistic view of the societal and spatial impacts of climate change

With archival documentaries by, among others, Bert Haanstra, Digna Sinke and Louis van Gasteren

Seen from space, it is obvious that the Netherlands is one big river delta. Here fresh water from several major European rivers meets and mingles with the salt water of the North ...

A hands-on guide that blends placemaking, arts-based methods, and policy insights for co-creative urban transformation

Learn how trustmaking can bridge generational gaps and foster more inclusive cities

A new perspective on urban transformation that integrates youth agency, creativity, and collaboration at every level

How do we foster trust in our public spaces, communities, and each other? Trustmaking explores how the youth can lead the way in reimagining cities through collaboration...

The first half of the twentieth century witnessed the rise of modernist architects. Brokers of Modernity reveals how East Central Europe turned into one of the pre-eminent testing grounds of the new belief system of modernism. By combining the internationalism of the CIAM organization and the modernising aspirations of the new states built after 1918, the reach of modernist architects extended far beyond their established fields. Yet, these architects paid a price when Europe’s age of extre...

In de Amsterdamse Oude Kerk bevindt zich een enorme houten maquette voor een barokke koepelkerk, die op de Botermarkt – het huidige Rembrandtplein – had moeten verrijzen. Het gevaarte was rond 1700 vervaardigd in opdracht en naar ontwerp van een dilettant, de Amsterdamse notaris Nicolaas Listingh (1630-1705), die al even eerder een grote prentenatlas met de ontwerptekeningen had gepubliceerd. Dit werk was opgedragen aan de burgemeesters van Amsterdam, die daarvoor echter geen belangstelli...

The inquiry that has culminated in this thesis was inspired by the challenges that many young Chinese people were facing when trying to gain access to affordable housing at the time of study, the early 2010s. By then, more than thirty years of housing reforms had completely changed how housing was being provided in China. The resulting structure had led young people to access housing in ways that were very different from those of their parents’ generation (Deng, Hoekstra & Elsinga, 2017). T...

In Nigeria, housing units are not adequate for the entire population, especially in cities (Anosike et al. 2011, Makinde 2014). For instance, the deficit grows at an alarming rate, from about 8 million in 1991 to over 16 million in 2000s (Aribigbola, 2000; Aribigbola and Ayeniyo 2012). The challenges of housing provision are not only quantitative but also qualitative and have to be dealt with in a dual institutional perspective: the formal and the informal sector (Makinde, 2014; National Popu...

The thesis develops an empirically tested analytical framework which links value theory with planning and design practices to investigate context-specific spatial transformations as a result of individual and collective value judgements. Four key aspects of water values including flood safety, as well as economic, social and environmental values, are studied, and their interrelationships are discussed. Morphological analyses and value assessments are conducted to explore in what sense spatial...