Built Environment

Why American children have become prisoners in their own homes and how a Dutch perspective can help.

The Living in Cities LAB is a first year practical LAB where the students work with a case study set in Bellville, Western cape, South Africa.

Professor Urban Intelligence, Paul van de Coevering, co-published an article with Kees Maat and Bert van Wee on the interaction between land use and...

"How do cities transform twilight zones in their city into attractive places actually promoting active lifestyles instead of discouraging them?"

On 27 January the first edition of the Built Environment Industry Event took place.

The first part of the minor Last Mile and the City: how to organise a sustainable last mile in an urban environment in 2030 ended with a presentation...

‘Retiring!? Who told you that!? Yes, in one year, nine months and two days...’ Oh dear, that almost sounds like Rien Smalheer, lecturer of Built...

Worldwide overview of placements and graduations of Built Environment and Logistics students.

Expert teams on car dependency, placemaking, social cohesion and urban design present their knowledge for retrofitting North American cities.

From the 31st of October until November the 4th 2022, 17 students from the second year of the international Built Environment course participated in a...

Luiz Carvalho, Lecturer Urban Design at BUas, and his team have been selected to exhibit their project Tropical NL at the International Architecture...

On 20 September 2022, the CIVITAS Conference “Mobility Powered by the Youth” took place as part of the Urban Mobility Days Conference in the city of...

For the CIVITAS project, ABEL helped create an inventory of mobility training courses in Europe. 

Providing leadership for walking in Europe

Innovative urban mobility solutions inspired stakeholders from academia, public authorities, NGOs and industry at the Urban Mobility Incubation...

This PhD thesis of Paul van de Coevering revolves around the question to what extent compact city policies such as ‘transit-oriented development’ and...

Urban regions are facing challenges in terms of accessibility and sustainability which is resulting in a decrease in the overall quality of life.

"How can we transform neighbourhoods in a child-friendly way to increase the quality of life for all citizens?" 

Today's students are the next generation of mobility professionals who, with their fresh ideas and sometimes radical perspectives, will shape the...

This article will portray CoHousing as a possible solution for different major problems of the 21st century society.