VU-SPINlab organized a special session on urban densification at the Regional Studies Association’s winter conference in London last week. The central question was: Are cities dense enough? Several speakers from universities and the European Commission addressed this question, explaining regional
Urban sprawl report OECD
One of our alumni (Lara Engelfriet) contributed to an extensive urban sprawl study while working at the OECD. Using highly detailed spatial data the study quantifies the multiple dimensions of urban sprawl in a new set of indicators. The outcomes
Floating car data bruikbaar voor de analyse van deur-tot-deur reistijdbetrouwbaarheid
De toenemende beschikbaarheid van nieuwe (big) databronnen en data sciences methoden opent mogelijkheden om op een alternatieve manier verplaatsingsgedrag in termen van herkomst en bestemming, verplaatsingsmotief en routekeuze te analyseren. Dit onderzoeksproject heeft verkend in hoeverre het mogelijk is om
Spatial and Financial Feasibility of Further Urban Densification to be investigated by SPINlab
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has granted three research proposals in the SURF Pop Up 2016 tender. One of them concerns the feasibility of further urban densification. This proposal has been submitted by SPINlab researcher Dr. Eric Koomen.
OECD publishes paper by SPINlab researchers reviewing available data on land use and land cover indicators
SPINlab researchers Vasco Diogo and Eric Koomen have written a paper for the OECD identifying opportunities to refine OECD’s indicators of land cover and land use and their regular production for all OECD and G20 countries. A comprehensive review is
Ruimtelijke analyses relatie stedelijk landgebruik, lokale kenmerken en lange-afstandsbereikbaarheid
Promotie SPINlab-onderzoeker Chris Jacobs-Crisioni 30 november 2016, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De verhitte concurrentie tussen spoorexploitanten heeft gezorgd voor overinvestering op het netwerk en bijgedragen aan een te dicht spoornetwerk in Nederland. Het 19e-eeuwse Nederlandse spoorwegnetwerk is voornamelijk ontwikkeld voor winst
Increasing costs related to soil subsidence
The Dutch 20 o’clock news today reported about a study of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Their study (in Dutch) is entitled ‘Dalende bodems, stijgende kosten’. It discusses the consequences of soil subsidence and describes possible alternative measures for
SPINlab participates in large VU-project for Agribusiness Development Project in Kenya
The Centre for International Cooperation of VU Amsterdam (CIS-VU) has been awarded a grant worth €1.8 mln. to implement a project on Spatial Planning for Agribusiness and Public Policy Development in Kenya. The grant is part of the Netherlands Initiative
EC-JRC meeting on integrated territorial policy assessment
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (EC-JRC) invited a large delegation of SPINlab to contribute to their international workshop on integrated territorial policy assessment in Ispra, Italy. Together with, amongst others, researchers from the JRC units in Seville
Eric Koomen lecturing about Sustainable Urban Planning in Sweden for the AESUS-project
For the NWO-funded project on Sustainable Urban Development (AESUS), SPINlab-researcher Eric Koomen visited Sweden to participate in a research seminar and the transfer knowledge in the form of a guest lecture and computer practical on urban planning. See his project