2021 / Randstad / Urban Geography / urban models / Urbanisation / Urbanism / Verena Balz / Vincent Nadin / wil zonneveld
New book: Wil Zonneveld & Vincent Nadin (eds) (2021) The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis.
New book: Wil Zonneveld & Vincent Nadin (eds) (2021) The Randstad: A polycentric metropolis. Abingdon/New York: Routledge. 361 pages, 54 bw illustrations. On New Year’s Eve Routledge published a new book in the series Regions and Cities: The Randstad: a polycentric metropolis. Edited by Wil Zonneveld and Vincent Nadin the book contains 16 chapters...
The department of Urbanism of the TU Delft has three vacancies for professor online!
Professor of Delta Urbanism Professor of Regional Design and Planning Professor / Associate Professor Urban Design: Theory and Methods Please follow this link to learn more about the vacancies. And feel free to spread these vacancies in your network! https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/ Please follow and like us:
Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Spatial Planning & Strategy (Tenure-Track)
To apply, please visit: https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/49233/assistant-professor-of-spatial-planning-strategy-tenure-track/ JOB DESCRIPTION We are recruiting an Assistant Professor to strengthen and extend our research and education activities in the field of spatial planning & strategy. The successful candidate will join a department with a high global reputation and work in a team of highly committed and successful academics in...
2018 / heritage / publication / Urban Cultures / urban design / Urban development / Urbanism / Vincent Nadin
Join the PICH Planning and Heritage Final Conference
Future conservation of the historic environment in Europe will be shaped by neoliberal inspired reforms of urban planning systems, but in uncertain ways. Just how is the subjectd of the PICH Final Conference that will be held at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at Delft University of Technology on Thursday 12 April. The...
2017 / planning / SCUT / SCUT urban systems and environment / urban design / Urban development / Urbanism / Vincent Nadin
Guangzhou International Design Forum 2017.
The 2017 Guangzhou International Design Forum took the ‘design-driven city’ as its theme with the aim to create a platform for conversation between government, society, and experts in China and abroad. It is intended to help Guangzhou explore the direction for the next round of urban development. Vincent Nadin represented TU Delft with presentations to...
An alternative list of the 100 Most Influential Urbanists
Planetizen has recently published a list of “100 most influential Urbanists”. However, we found the list a bit messy and Anglo-Saxon centred. It does have some important highlights (Jane Jacob is number one, and it also mentions Naomi Klein and Rosa Parks as urbanists, which we think is an interesting take on what it means to...
2017 / Climate Change / Climate change adaptation / Governance / Urban development / urban models / Urbanism
Houston’s Floods and Urban and Regional Planning
Houston is currently on the news. Contrary to what many people think, Houston does have planning, although it does not have conventional zoning as all other big cities in the United States. According to an article in UrbanLand.com: “Other legal and governance mechanisms have evolved, including deed restrictions and historic designations that allow homeowners...
SAVE THE DATE! TU Delft Urban Thinkers’ Campus: 7-9 JUNE 2017
SAVE THE DATE: TU Delft Urban Thinkers’ Campus: 7-9 JUNE 2017 UNIVERSITIES FOR THE NEW URBAN AGENDA Teaching the New Urban Agenda: Universities Alliance for Sustainable and Fair Urban Development Between 7 and 9 June 2017, the Department of Urbanism of the TU Delft will organise an Urban Thinkers’ Campus (UTC ) on Education for the New...
Vincent Nadin new chairperson of Urbanism
As of March 1 2017, Prof. Vincent Nadin is the new chairman of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. Vincent has the experience and the position to represent the interests of our department in the world. Staff and students say farewell to Machiel van Dorst, who chaired the Department...
2017 / Climate Change / Climate change adaptation / Summer School / urban design / Urban development / Urbanism
2017 Summer School ‘Planning and Design with Water’ applications now OPEN
Hey folks! Applications for the 2017 Summer School “Planning and Design with Water” are now OPEN! This Summer School introduces students from all over the world to the Dutch tradition of urban and regional planning and design with water for sustainable healthy and far cities. The school is very dynamic, with practical workshops, lectures, site...
Online Course ‘Rethink the City: New approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges’
Course ‘Rethink the City: New approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges’ is online! How do you plan future cities? Explore alternative theories and innovative solutions for urban challenges in the global south. Enrol HERE. The Chair of Spatial Planning coordinated one of the main sections of this course, namely, the Spatial Justice component. About this...
Special SPS Seminar 15 December – The Chinese Urban Transformation, with Yanliu Lin, Yawei Chen and Qu Lei
Special edition of SPS Seminar on the Chinese Urban Transformation was organised on Thursday 15 December. It included presentations from three speakers: Yanliu Lin (University of Utrecht); Yawei Chen (TUD, MBE, BK); Lei Qu (TUD, Urbanism, BK). While adopting different perspectives and focusing on different cities (Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen), the three speakers shared a common focus on new...
