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New Publication: “Beyond Cockpit-ism: Four Insights to Enhance the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goals”

Beyond Cockpit-ism: Four Insights to Enhance the Transformative Potential of the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability, vol. 7, pp. 1651-1660. Co-authored with: Måns Nilsson, Kate Raworth, Peter Bakker, Frans Berkhout, Yvo de Boer, Johan Rockström, Kathrin Ludwig, and Marcel Kok. Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have the potential to become a powerful political vision that can support …

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Publication ‘Smart about Cities’

The discourse on ‘Smart Cities’ is everywhere. It promises an era of innovative urban planning, driven by smart urban technologies that will make cities safer, cleaner and, above all, more efficient. Efficiency seems uncontroversial but does it make for great cities? In this book, Maarten Hajer, Director-general of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Ton …

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Europe needs ‘smart urbanism’, not ‘smart cities’

Everywhere we hear the discourse of ‘smart cities’. It promises an era of innovative urban planning, driven by smart urban technologies that will makes cities safer, cleaner and, above all, more efficient. Efficiency seems uncontroversial, but does it make for great cities? I would argue for a ‘smart urbanism’ instead of uncritically adopting ‘smart cities’ …

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Een betere wereld, daar willen we aan werken

De taak van de planologie is het schetsen van mogelijke werelden. Zo formuleerde de planoloog Hans van der Cammen eens de opdracht van de planologie. Dat is een mooie one-liner die tot uitdrukking brengt dat de toekomst nooit eenduidig moet worden voorgesteld. We hebben wat te kiezen. Altijd. Dat geldt ook voor de duurzame toekomst van Nederland [lees verder]

Smart Move

Ik ging naar Amsterdam om de toekomst te zien. Een grote internationale conferentie over smart cities in de RAI; wellicht de meest efficiënte manier om er achter te komen wat we hier van kunnen verwachten. Wie zich in smart cities taal uitdrukt heeft het oor van de bestuurder. Technologische oplossingen, grote lokale politieke ambities (‘Copenhagen …

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Shifting Gear – The Politics of Sustainable Mobility

Mobility is the elixir of modern society. Man has been a travelling species for longer, of course. The quest not only for food, power and wealth, but also for ideas has inspired people to travel for ages. But during the modern era, we have perfected the mobility system. We now have a global economy that …

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