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5 oktober 2020

Urbanization in Tokyo

In this trend report the stress of urbanization in the city of Tokyo is discussed. Urbanization has an impact on the traffic, commute and housing. There are also big environmental impacts of urbanization itself. One solution for the non-environmental effects is to decentralize and enlarge the urban sprawl, but for the amount of impervious area this is not desirable. There are solutions to improve the urban area to counter the environmental impacts, focussing on the impervious area. The solutions discussed in the trend report are permeable pavings, rain gardens and green roofs.

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Nienke Tempel

28 januari 2021

Exploring Resilience Possibilities

How can populated regions of the world be more resilient, especially in a dynamic environment with little available data? Mapping helps us to understand the complex spatial development of the Pearl River Delta, the largest urban area with the fastest speed of urbanization. In this lecture, we will explore the methodological tool on how to create maps that take resilience into account. You will learn some basic skills on how to map complex spatial problems with a large scale and long time period. DURATION: 1 short video (~6 min long)

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Xiong Liang

27 september 2017

Sustainability Politics in Chinese cities

Cities play an essential role in achieving sustainable development through the promotion of sustainable urbanization. With hundreds of eco-cities, China is considered to be at the forefront of sustainable urban development. This makes the functioning of Chinese eco-cities a truly interesting case study that might shed light on how to successfully develop sustainable city policies. In the next video, professor at TU Delft, Marting de Jong, will explain how sustainable urban development takes place in China, with an interesting final plot twist regarding the level of citizen participation present in this ambitious process. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Design policies; governance arrangements and coordination structures for resilience planning and response addressing policy-making; public private partnerships and civic engagement. DURATION: 1 short video (~6 min long)

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Martin de Jong

2 januari 2021

Sustainable Urban Development

Did you know that cities take up less than 3% of the earth’s land surface, but more than 50% of the world’s population live in them? And, cities generate more than 70% of the global emissions? Large cities and their hinterlands (jointly called metropolitan regions) greatly contribute to global urbanization and sustainability challenges, yet are also key to resolving these same challenges. If you are interested in the challenges of the 21st century metropolitan regions and how these can be solved from within the city and by its inhabitants, then this Sustainable Urban Development module is for you! There are no simple solutions to these grand challenges. Rather the challenges cities face today require a holistic, systemic and transdisciplinary approach that spans different fields of expertise and disciplines such as urban planning, urban design, urban engineering, systems analysis, policy making, social and environmental sciences and entrepreneurship. This course is all about this integration of different fields of knowledge within the metropolitan context. The course is set up in a unique matrix format that lets you pursue your line of interest along a specific metropolitan challenge or a specific theme. You will discover possible solutions for your city’s challenges and what it takes to implement these solutions. We invite you to take the first steps in understanding the principles that will be essential to transform metropolitan regions into just, prosperous and sustainable places to live in! This course forms a part of the educational programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions and is developed by Wageningen UR and TU Delft, two of the founding universities of AMS Institute. These materials relate to the collection "Governance and Institutional Arrangements of Complex STE Systems."

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Machiel van Dorst et.al.

16 oktober 2017

Sponge City in China

In the previous video, you saw that Chinese cities are facing both water quality and water quantity challenges. Safety in case of flooding -”dry feet” – and a healthy environment are thus also key water management challenges here. However, considering the local Chinese circumstances, such as the urbanization rate, the challenges are of a rather different magnitude than those in Amsterdam. So, how about the solutions to tackle these challenges? In the next video dr. Haifeng Jia will introduce you to the Sponge City Concept that is being implemented as an answer to the urban water management challenges in China. LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events. DURATION: 1 short video (~ 8 min long)

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Haifeng Jia

21 augustus 2021

Chinese Cities: Citizen participation in developing resilient and eco-friendly cities

HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS CASE STUDY: First, please refer to the Teacher's Guide using the yellow "View Materials" button on the left pane. The teacher's guide outlines the purpose, contents, approach, case structure, and technical information of this case study. This case study was curated from other independently published open educational resources and from existing materials on this platform. These resources are also organized by domain. At the bottom of each resource's page, you can see both the city case study and SURF Resilience domain to which it belongs. Click on the case study or the domain name to navigate to the case study homepage or SURF Resilience collection, respectively. OVERVIEW: This case study contains a teaching guide, five thematic foci, and a gaming simulation. In this case study, you will dive deeper into the resilience and sustainability in Chinese cities. You will see how issues like air pollution affect citizens' daily lives and how successful policies contribute to sustainability. With a high rate of urbanization, Chinese cities have resorted to using the Sponge City concept to successfully manage water. To deepen your knowledge, you can learn about other shocks and stresses facing Chinese cities in resilience trend reports. Finally, you can bring your knowledge into practice by diving into the game “Creators of Shanghai” which has been developed by TU Delft students.

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Eunice Koid, Claudia Rot, Martine Rutten

1 januari 2021

Deconstructing Urban Resilience

This is a document intended for teachers with an introductory teaching activity in which students learn to recognize the presence of/potentials for resilient urban transformations. Students analyse a given urban space to identify elements that contribute to urban resilience, to devise spatial interventions that build resilience, and to critically reflect on those transformations. The activity is intended for BA and MSc students, but it can also be used as a base for teaching more advanced qualitative analysis of visual material (e.g. photographs of resilient urban spaces) at PhD level.

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Claudiu Forgaci

5 oktober 2020

River flooding in Jakarta

Since 1949, Jakarta is facing massive industrial and urban growth due to new colonisations at the Ciliwung River’s mouth. As Jakarta became one of the most important industrial centres in Indonesia, devastating effects of river floods also increased. These two factors may seem irrelevant at first sight, but actually urbanization stimulates river flood events to increase. With changing land use due to rapid urbanization, soil permeability decreases, retention time of water in the environment decreases, deforestation occurs. Also, when changes in precipitation patterns are combined with these factors, Jakarta faces catastrophic effects of river flooding. One of the most important factors that increases the damage of these natural disasters is the lack of infrastructure with appropriate legislations. Applicable solution strategies to decrease the damage of flood on Jakarta includes; institutional measures such as new legislations and public education and technical measures such as infrastructure installation, watershed planning, wastewater management, natural resources management. From an environmental perspective, this study emphasizes river flooding problems of Jakarta and brings solutions on increasing the resilience of the city for a sustainable future.

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Elif Basli

5 oktober 2020

Droughts in Manila

A fast growing population and rapid urbanization are putting increasing pressure on the water system of Metro Manila, which could result in a water crisis when the city is subjected to extreme drought events. This report clarifies the different aspects of this problem as well as the effects on the population of Metro Manila, through the definitions of hydrological and soil moisture drought. Several different solution strategies are proposed, which take into account the complexity of the drought problem and put an emphasis on the need for a proactive approach. Added to this report are links for further reading and questions for understanding and discussion.

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Emma Koole

1 juni 2021

Unit 4: Argumentation, identifying a research problem and formulating a thesis statement

Videos: Video 8: What is an argumentative essay? Video 9: What do you want to argue? Homework task(s): Read assigned case study materials Hand in Assignment 2: Critical Reflection Suggested tasks for the tutorial: Exercise on argumentation in case study texts In groups, using a case study article: 1. What is the research gap that the article aims to address? 2. Identify the central idea or central argument of the article. • How is it expressed in the text? • Where is it expressed in the text? • What is the relation with the research gap that you identified in (1)? 3. Does the author argue for one point of view, or evaluate different perspectives? Discussion questions on thesis statements • What is a thesis statement, and how is it different from a research question? • What makes a good thesis statement? • Are these good or bad thesis statements? - ‘Urbanisation increases the population of cities.’ - ‘Are people who live in cities healthier?’ - ‘Urbanisation is driven by people moving from rural areas, by people in cities having more children, and by longer lifespans in cities.’ - ‘On balance, cities and urban living today have important health advantages, particularly in the developing world.’ * *this thesis statement is taken from Leon, David A. “Cities, urbanization and health”, International Journal of Epidemiology 37, no. 1 (2008): 4–8. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dym271

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Philomeen Dol, Elly Dutton, Bryan O'Donovan, Gea Hakker