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The acceptance of density: Conflicts of public and private interests in public debate on urban densification Open
Urban densification is crucial for sustainable urban growth. Yet, its implementation often leads to local conflicts. To understand the interplay between private and public interests, we analysed media reports on densification policies and …
Planning for social sustainability: mechanisms of social exclusion in densification through large-scale redevelopment projects in Swiss cities Open
In many cities, there has been renewed interest over the last 30 years in densification as part of wider efforts to combat urban sprawl. In daily practice, however, densification is a contested process because of its redistributive effects…
Land for housing: Quantitative targets and qualitative ambitions in Dutch housing development Open
The struggle of cities to achieve quantitative housing objectives can partly be explained by the struggle to cope with increasing value conflicts with other (qualitative) policy objectives, including the realization of affordable housing, …
Spatial justice and the NIMBY effect: An analysis of the urban densification debate in Switzerland and the Netherlands. Open
This paper analyzes public debates around land use and densification in Switzerland and the Netherlands to understand how private and public interests are related in the context of urban growth. It is based on the hypothesis that, while th…
How the other half lives Open
Covid-19 and especially the extreme measures of the lockdown in response to the virus, have exposed existing housing inequalities. They revealed how, in the 21st century, households still live in poor and insecure housing conditions exposi…
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Land Consumption and Land Take: Enhancing Conceptual Clarity for Evaluating Spatial Governance in the EU Context Open
Rapid expansion of settlements and related infrastructures is a global trend that comes with severe environmental, economic, and social costs. Steering urbanization toward well-balanced compactness is thus acknowledged as an important stra…
Strategies of municipal land policies: housing development in Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands Open
How do municipalities strategically use land policy to develop land for housing? The development of housing is a challenge for many European countries, though the scale and time of it differs. Issues are not always about the absolute numbe…
Patterns of distributive justice: social housing and the search for market dynamism in Amsterdam Open
Housing policy changes in the Netherlands have been in line with OECD and IMF policy advice to increase market dynamism by downsizing the large social rental sector. The impact of such policies on households, however, is rarely acknowledge…
Distributive justice of housing in Amsterdam Open
In growing cities with increasing housing market pressure, issues arise concerning the access to adequate housing and how scarcely available resources are distributed among households. Central and local governments aim to keep cities acces…
Identifying Distributive Injustice Through Housing (Mis)Match Analysis: The Case of Social Housing in Amsterdam Open
In this paper, an analytical model for measuring match and mismatch between social housing units and their tenants is presented and applied to the social rented housing sector of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Through the use of a large set o…