Spatial Planning

This specialisation provides a land and real estate development perspective on urban development. It prepares students for a future role as city developer, either in the public or private sector.

Population growth and economic growth lead to city expansion, while processes of obsolescence and decline lead to a demand for urban transformation projects. These processes usually require investments in land and property (re)development, while planning interventions provide guidelines to investors, sometimes as opportunities, but also as barriers. Climate change and policies for sustainable urban development have put new challenges to land and real estate investments, but have also created new opportunities for smart city developers.

The interaction between planning interventions and land and real estate investments is the central theme of this Master's specialisation. Starting from that interaction, the Master's specialisation pays attention to different planning instruments and their impact on land and real estate markets, the dynamics of land and real estate markets, investment behaviour by private and public developers, public private partnerships, land management strategies and value capturing mechanisms and smart land and real estate investment strategies.

Planning, Land and Real Estate Development is a specialisation of the Master's programme Spatial Planning.

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Cities, because of high levels of energy consumption and mobility, are the main contributors to climate change. At the same time, cities, because of their population density, are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. How can city planners reduce their CO2 emissions, and how can cities adapt to the consequences of climate change?

To answer these questions, possibilities for mainstreaming climate change into urban planning will be discussed as well as examples of carbon free cities and transition towns. Because of the rapidly urbanizing delta areas, special attention will be paid to issues of flood risk management and multi-layered water safety. Which infrastructure is needed to protect delta areas, what is the potential of ecosystem engineering, and what are possibilities for flood proofing urban areas?

Cities, Water and Climate Change is a specialisation of the Master's programme in Spatial Planning.

The Master's specialisation in Cities, Water and Climate Change discusses the relationship between city planning and development, climate mitigation and adaptation.

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This specialisation focuses on mobility, which deals with increasingly complex flows of people and goods in the networked city and region.

Mobility deals with increasingly complex flows of people and goods in the networked city and region. With different technologies, lifestyles and spatial structures, the demand side is always changing. On the supply side, services become more flexible and the physical infrastructure is used more efficiently. This Master's specialisation will look into various integrated mobility systems or transport modes across various spatial scales. Furthermore, the specialisation looks at innovations for strategic spatial planning, and how accessibility and transportation fit in these innovations.

Urban and Regional Mobility is a specialisation of the Master's programme Spatial Planning.

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