Projects
Dynamics of natural hazards and disasters in tropical Africa Vrije Universiteit Brussel
making due to the increasing impacts of climate change and natural hazards. In
parallel, land use changes due to the deforestation and the expansion of urban
areas and human infrastructures in general lead to more disasters, both in space
and time. In the present work, we propose to support a PhD research dedicated
to the study of the ...
Two PhD candidates: The Making of Havana’s Property Market KU Leuven
This study aims to reconstruct Cuba’s economic transition with a particular focus on the making of the property market in the country’s capital city of Havana. The emerging literature on the globalization of real estate has addressed how internationally circulating capital has increasingly found its ways into the property markets of the ‘Global South’. The restrictions of underdeveloped financial and real estate markets in these countries ...
The socio-economic added value of the port of Antwerp for the hinterland. University of Antwerp
PYBLIK Vrije Universiteit Brussel
] pyblik [is a collaboration between the research centers of the 4 Brussels architecture schools: LoUISE (ULB); department of architecture (KU Leuven, campus Sint-Lucas), Cosmopolis (VUB); CREAT (UCL). Structurally, the project is therefore at the crossroads of the ...
Modelling atmospheric composition and climate for the Belgian territory. KU Leuven
Sustainable Mobility, Affordable Cities: How do workplace sustainability plans shape transport affordability in Brussels and Sofia? (SuMAC) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
World War I and redevelopment. The reconstruction of the countryside and the farming landscape in Flanders KU Leuven
This dissertation analyses the reconstruction of the Belgian countryside after the First World War. The study starts from the hypothesis that post-war recovery was characterized by a growing belief in the benefits of social engineering. Although historians generally situate the advent of social engineering after 1945, this dissertation shows that already during the First World War plans were made to rationally reconstruct society. Three ...
Delta Port Urbanism - towards a new buzz in global networks Ghent University
An economic, political and spatial analysis towards a renewed interaction between the current city-port developments, based on the Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEC), and the actor-relational planning approach. Investigation into the 'local buzz' in 'global maritime pipelines' in the Delta of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt in general, and Ghent, in relation to the Flemish and Zeeland seaports in particular.
Borders, a blessing in disguise? A structural analysis of tourism and regional development processes in European borderlands KU Leuven
Solutions for regional development questions are increasingly sought in cross-border cooperative arrangements. The tourism sector is often assigned with a high potential in this regard due to the sector’s alleged contributions to the economic viability and quality of life in rural destinations, and the assumed ease with which cross-border tourism projects can be initiated. However, the underlying mechanisms behind tourism-related regional ...