Projects
Climate change in cities: impact of the urban heat island on microclimate, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in urban forests. Ghent University
Below forest canopies, the microclimate is buffered from extreme temperatures. This affects
ecosystem functioning and protects plants and animals from climate change. The urban heat island
effect heats the city compared to rural areas. How this urban warming affects microclimate,
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of urban forests is unknown and will be investigated across
three complementary spatial climate ...
Mapping of urban green in the Brussels Capital Region and monitoring of changes in urban green over the last decennia (ActuaEvol09) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1. Detailed mapping of urban green in the Brussels Capital Region (2009) based on high-resolution remotely sensed data and spatial analysis of urban green by means of landscape ecological indicators.
2. Monitoring of the evolution of urban green over the last decennia based on medium-resolution remote sensing data.
3. Analysis of 10 typical cases of urbanisation, ...
PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS AND DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR URBAN REGENERATION International Laboratory for Architecture & Urban Design (1976- 2015) Hasselt University
Consultancy regarding urban development and the elaboration of a spatial vision on general urban revitalisation for the City of Ostend University of Antwerp
Understanding and managing urban ectomycorrhizal fungi communities to increase the health and ecosystem service provisioning of urban trees KU Leuven
The first general objective of the URBANMYCOSERVE project is to understand the environmental drivers of the Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungi community composition and the EcM fungi functional diversity of urban trees, and of their role in mediating tree physiology, tree health and (the resilience of) tree ecosystem service provisioning. The second general objective of URBANMYCOSERVE is to explore the possibility of active management of the ...
THE VIGILANTES OF GOMA: Urban Youth, Hybrid Security Provision & Urban Dynamics of Crime and Violence in Times of Conflict Ghent University
Located at the Congo-Rwandan border, the city of Goma finds itself at the very heart of the
protracted armed conflict that strikes the Eastern provinces of the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). This PhD proposal examines urban dynamics of security provision in Goma. More specifically, the focus lies on one of the non-state security providers in the city: the so-called selfdefence groups. In a general context of increased urban crime ...