Projects
Greenways as a New Planning Strategy in the Pearl River Delta, China KU Leuven
The term of greenway is a derivation from greenbelt and parkway, which refer to linear green open spaces that serve for ecological, recreational, cultural, aesthetic, or other purposes compatible with the concept of sustainable land use. In the 1990s, the greenway movement in the world arose as a response, driven by basic human needs, to urbanization. In the diverse contexts, greenways have been an adaptive ...
Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Checkered Urbanism of Amman: Life Interweaving a Neo-liberal Landscape KU Leuven
This doctoral research suggested reconsidering the value of atypical open space in the contemporary neo-liberal city through the way it is incorporated in the collective and individual everyday life. The research’s area of interest is Amman, the Capital of Jordan, which comprises a little less than half the country’s population. The city’s unique shock-wave growth pattern caused by turbulent regional conditions has shaped its dual ...
Essays in development economics KU Leuven
This dissertation collects four essays that study how the environment in which people reside shapes their well-being and economic opportunities. Starting from the observation that, in spite of impressive growth accelerations in some resource-rich developing countries, human development indicators are lagging behind, the first two essays investigate how natural resource wealth affects government prioritization of human capital building. The ...
Structuring Dynamics of Peri-urban Landscape Transformation & Socio-ecological Resilience: A case in the Delhi National Capital Region, India KU Leuven
This research aims to address emerging complexities in the peri-urban system, livelihood transitions and contribution of multifunctional agriculture in the context of interdependent resilience of the rural-urban region, in the periphery of Delhi. It aims to advance the reconceptualization of resilient cities of tomorrow, by gaining a perspective on landscape transformations and socio-ecological dynamics. By critically approaching present ...
Interdisciplinary Research Program: Tradition and naturalness of animal products within a societal context of change. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Disaster Governance: Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability KU Leuven
English summary
Disaster governance
Analyzing inconvenient realities and chances for resilience and sustainability
A social-ecological systems approach to disaster governance
In many places in the world, people are increasingly exposed to disasters. A few recent disasters illustrate the global magnitude of the problem: the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the earthquake, tsunami and ...
Essays in Development Economics: Evidence from East Africa KU Leuven
This dissertation is divided into four chapters, each built around a different research paper that falls under the broad field of `development economics'. The analysis in all chapters is mostly empirical, relying on primary data collected in recent years from East Africa. Of course, theory plays a key role in directing the analysis. Chapters 1 and 2 study different aspects of female empowerment and household decisions in Tanzania. Chapters 3 ...