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The Future of public green space: Envisioning a sustainable urban landscape as incubator of citizenship, social cohesion and alternative urban economics – the Case of Dhaka KU Leuven

Bruno De Meulder
Architecture and Design

Public green space is one of the essential elements of landscape and pivotal point for ecological system of a city which is made up of social, natural and economic systems. Increasing urbanization is being blamed for disappearing of this pivotal green space as well as open space in Dhaka .Being one of the fastest growing mega-cities, Dhaka has been experiencing continuous destruction of green areas, vacant lands , open spaces, riparian areas, ...

Essays on the Economics of Energy and Urban Policies KU Leuven

Erik Buyst
Department of Economics, Leuven, Research Centre of Economic History, Leuven

The issues that come along with energy use and urbanisation are ever-changing. Policymakers therefore implement novel policy responses of which their effectiveness and consequences are not yet clear. However, policy interventions affect us all in our daily life and can greatly influence our wellbeing. It is thus of the utmost importance to acquire information through experience in order to improve policymaking. This dissertation provides such ...

Towards an explanation for urban vitality in times of crisis. A study on the impact of economic integration and intra-regional migration on the urban character in Late Roman Africa. Ghent University

Koenraad Verboven
Department of History

The Late Roman 'success story' of urbanization in Africa Proconsularis, Byzacena, Numidia and Tripolitania has largely been established through generalizations of individual case studies. Wide studies of urban development that actually explain this development hardly carried out and that have been, did not venture beyond a certain time frame (the Principate, i.e. the first three centuries after Christ, or the late Roman period). This research ...

Urban logistics and economic geography. University of Antwerp

Joris Beckers
Transport and Regional Economics
Background: The digital revolution gave rise to an on-demand economy characterized by an increasing user-driven focus of the private sector. This is particularly visible in the transport sector, where the surge in e-commerce enabled the promise of ever faster, cheaper, and more personalized deliveries and micromobility potentially holds the key towards a more sustainable modal split. While these developments can bridge some existing inequalities ...

Urban agriculture as an alternative to classic green structures in an urbanized environment: economic and spatial analysis. University of Antwerp

Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change, Product development, Marketing, Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City
Research objective: which economic models are suitable for maintaining the open green space in an urbanized environment in a profitable way via urban agriculture? How can economically profitable green structures be built into an urbanized environment?

A survey of the (a-)synchronicity between the fourth Kondratieff long-term economic cycles and investment patterns in urban planning in Antwerp and Amsterdam ;and the impact of these patterns upon the cities' attractiveness. University of Antwerp

Luc Goossens
Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City
The goals of the research question are as follows:- intelligibly collecting and arranging data on the (a-)synchronicity between the fourth Kondratieff long-term economic cycle and the investment patterns in urban planning in Amsterdam en Antwerp,- to demonstrate through these instrumental cases how en why that these investment patterns can fundamentally influence a city's attractiveness to its inhabitants (in particular, to the creative class as ...

Governing Urban Diversity: Creating Social Cohesion, Social Mobility and Economic Performance in Today's Hyper-diversified Cities (DIVERCITIES). University of Antwerp

Centre on Inequality, Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City
The central hypothesis of this project is that socio-economic, socio-demographic, ethnic and cultural diversity can positively affect social cohesion, economic performance and social mobility of individuals and groups. A better social cohesion, higher economic performance and increased chances for social mobility will make European cities more liveable and more competitive. In this period of long-term economic downturn (or sometimes even crisis) ...

An analysis of the mechanisms underlying the impact of polycentric spatial structure on the economic efficiency of urban agglomerations Ghent University

Ben Derudder
Department of Geography

‘Urban polycentricity’ is a key concept in geographical research, although its meaning and benefits often remain unclear. This research will conduct empirical analyses on changes in polycentric structures in urban agglomerations across China. We will compare their degree of polycentricity, integration and dispersion, and apply spatial-econometric methods to explore
their relationships in explaining spatial differences in economic ...

The multidimensional impact of rural and urban electrification: economic development, security and conservation? Follow-up research in Eastern Congo. University of Antwerp

Marijke Verpoorten
Development processes, actors and policies
We measure the impact of electricity provision on economic development, security and conservation. Our case study focuses on rural and urban communities nearby Virunga National Park, in DR Congo. Impoverished by armed conflict, the communities complement their livelihoods with the park's resources to make ends meet. These resources are also illicitly exploited by several armed groups that have their hideouts within the park's boundaries. The ...

The multidimensional impact of rural and urban electrification: economic development, security and conservation? Evidence from Eastern Congo. University of Antwerp

Marijke Verpoorten
Development processes, actors and policies
We measure the impact of electricity provision on economic development, security and conservation. Our case study focuses on rural and urban communities nearby Virunga National Park, in North-Kivu, DR Congo. Impoverished by two decades of armed conflict, the communities complement their livelihoods with the park's resources to make ends meet. These resources are also illicitly exploited by at least eight armed groups that have their hide-outs ...