scholarly journals Implementing Social Sustainability in Area Development Projects in the Netherlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Céline Janssen ◽  
Tom Daamen ◽  
Co Verdaas
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Area Development

scholarly journals Searching for Social Sustainability: The Case of the Shrinking City of Heerlen, The Netherlands

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Ročak ◽  
Gert-Jan Hospers ◽  
Nol Reverda
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Shrinking City

scholarly journals Social Priorities of Less Developed Countries Sustainable Housing (Case of Sudan)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Ayman K. Abdelgadir ◽  
Omer A. Abu Elzein ◽  
Faris Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Housing Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Less Developed Countries ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Developed Countries

Sustainable development and sustainable housing indicators are a response to the trend of adopting sustainable development objectives, adopted by most countries, especially developed and less developed countries. It is difficult to implement indicators developed for a developing country context in other contexts with different social, economic and environmental conditions. Social sustainability is the most important priority regarding evaluating the housing development projects in the developed and less developed countries. Economic conditions is linked in many aspects to the social sustainability indicators. Environmental indicators are important, but the less developed countries in general has a very low environmental foot prints, this is because the industry sector is usually week comparing to the developed countries. This paper reviews the sustainable housing indicators, with a focus on United Nations reports and indicators developed for contexts similar to study area, without ignoring the most reputable indicators developed for developing countries context. The research came with a set of indicators reflects the social priorities of the new housing development in Sudan. A questionnaire participants decided the relative important of each indicator and also the importance of the parameters of each indicator. Developing a set of social priorities for Sudan will give extra efficiency in promoting and assessing sustainability in the study area. Description of the questionnaire results which reflects the national social sustainable housing development priorities are discussed. The researches came with a set of recommendations to enhance the social aspects for new housing development projects in Sudan. Using this set of priorities and recommendations will give extra efficiency in promoting and assessing sustainability in the study area.

scholarly journals The sand extraction potential of embedded land surface lowering in the Netherlands

2004 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. van der Meulen ◽  
M.P.E. de Kleine ◽  
J.G. Veldkamp ◽  
C.W. Dubelaar ◽  
H.S. Pietersen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Mineral Extraction ◽  
Recreation Area ◽  
Sand And Gravel ◽  
Area Development ◽  
Sand Extraction

abstractIn the Netherlands, mineral extraction by means of dredging or quarrying meets with considerable societal resistance. Land surface lowering prior to large land reconstruction projects may raise fewer objections. We have calculated the potential yields of sand and gravel from land surface lowering embedded in planned building and construction projects, and in nature, farmland and recreation area development. Our primary data sets were a compilation of spatial plans for the period 1995 – 2005 and about 95,000 borehole descriptions. Even if embedded consistently, land surface lowering would contribute modestly (up to 5.4 Mio m3/a) to the filling sand provision (annual demand 45 – 50 Mio m3/a).

scholarly journals Consultants as intermediaries: Their perceptions on citizen involvement in urban development

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
EW Stapper ◽  
M Van der Veen ◽  
LB Janssen-Jansen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Citizen Involvement ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Insight Into

Planning consultants are increasingly hired to organize citizen participation processes for urban development projects. However, the ways in which planning consultants engage in and perceive the involvement of citizens in urban development projects remain relatively understudied. This article opens the black box of consultancy employees’ perceptions toward citizens in urban development processes. Employees from two consultancy firms in the Netherlands were interviewed, and several focus groups were organized. This research shows that consultants have wide-ranging views concerning the ways of incorporating citizens’ interests in urban development projects. With the use of Q-methodology, a typology of how consultants engage with citizens is proposed. Furthermore, we show that the different perceptions of consultants lead to a different approach in identifying the needs and problems of citizens. This finding gives insight into the context in which decisions about urban development are made.

The Emergence of Technological Development and the Question of Native Identity in the Netherlands East Indies

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Moon
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
East Indies ◽  
European Culture ◽  
Native Identity ◽  
Netherlands East Indies ◽  
Development Policies

This article examines the emergence of twentieth-century technological development policies in the Netherlands East Indies from broader welfare policies formulated in the nineteenth century. Identity became particularly important in policymaking as officials disputed whether differences between Javanese and European culture could explain why the Javanese did not flourish under colonial rule, and whether encouraging Javanese to become more like Europeans would solve ‘Native’ welfare problems. Technical experts, whose development projects would increasingly define what a ‘developed’ Native would be, became crucially important players in debates about ‘Europeanizing’ the indigenous people.

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