• To analyse how NBS, as policy and spatial planning measures, help to mitigate climate change impacts in urban areas with a special attention on blue and green infrastructure. • To analyse how NBS, as policy and spatial planning...
Look at TopicTo review key concepts, themes and ideas in fit-for-purpose land administration researches
Look at Topic• Research the available Earth Observation and open data that would allow building a 3D model • Investigate 3D factors that should affect the physical and socio-economic dynamics in slum areas • Propose a framework for analysing...
Look at TopicThe specific analysis and data collection methodologies used in this project will depend on the concrete questions that are being addressed by the thesis. A select but diverse set of mapping approaches must be chosen based on...
Look at TopicThe MSc student will need to make use of available literature to develop an appropriate methodology that incorporates one or more travel behavioral aspects in an accessibility measure.
Look at TopicTo analyze the links between (1) COVID-19 and WASH; (2) WASH and natural disasters/vulnerability to disasters/disaster risk reduction; and (3) Natural disasters/vulnerability to disasters/disaster risk reduction and COVID-19. To evaluate...
Look at TopicA rapidly developing urbanized centre can be selected in one of the developing or less developed countries. Examples could be the Kigali city in Rwanda, Maputo in Mozambique, Guangzhou in China or Delhi in India. The research students...
Look at TopicThe objective of this topic is explore the challenges of providing ICT based solutions to support the implementation of community land registries - that is, registers of land tenure relations used, managed, and possibly maintained...
Look at TopicThe thesis will contribute to, and build on the preliminary results from the HABITABLE project, which collects, analyzes, and compares perceptions of climate change among migrating populations in Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, South Africa and...
Look at TopicThe primary objectives of projects in this theme should be to: - Acquire the ability to critically evaluate geo-data technologies and their social implications - Contribute to an emerging field of research on critical data studies and...
Look at TopicThis research will focus on applying innovative methods (in some cases machine learning), integration of different 3D data for creation and applications of Digital Twins/3D city models. There are several possible...
Look at TopicObjectives: • To analyze potential disruptions in an urban system concerning major hazardous events • To evaluate the consequences of uncertain interactions in urban systems due to dynamic and interactive conditions and/or...
Look at TopicThe primary objectives of projects in this theme should be to: - Acquire the ability to critically evaluate geo-data technologies and their social implications - Contribute to an emerging field of research on critical data...
Look at TopicYour Geohealth research can take different directions. A first line of research concerns the study of access and accessibility of health services. A second direction is to study the relationship between socio-economic conditions and...
Look at TopicThis MSc project shall investigate positive and negative side-effects of adaptation in a city of the South with adaptation experience. The student will first review local climate policies of selected cities in the Global South,...
Look at TopicThe topic proposed will analyze how kampongs, and/ or government strategies targeting the Kampong, influence spatial patterns of urban development, and better understand the mutual relationship between the informal economies or the...
Look at TopicThe aim of this topic is to: Empirically explore the applicability of Turner’s (1968) theory on explaining settlement choice of new residents in an informal African urban context.
Look at TopicThis will be a comparative research based around specific case area – where supervised and unsupervised image analysis methods will be tested and compared to identify different tenure types using image-based proxies.
Look at TopicTo review trends in legal reforms induced by innovative approaches in land administration
Look at TopicThe focus of this research topic will be on employing state-of-the-art remote sensing algorithms (including machine learning, BIG data and cloud computation) for the mapping of deprivation and/or socio-economic conditions within cities,...
Look at TopicThe focus of this research topic will be on employing state-of-the-art remote sensing algorithms for the mapping of deprivation and/or socio-economic conditions within cities, this will be combined with local data (either existing data,...
Look at TopicThe objective of this project will be to use existing knowledge on the existence of slums and the ontological framework from the Generic Slum Ontology (GSO) to model the growth of slums. The purpose is to combine the indicators from GSO...
Look at TopicThis MSc thesis study will use recently developed tools for modelling spatial accessibility to explore the spatial patterns of access to crops (production) or food (consumption), and their implications to society.
Look at TopicThe study will review the existing mechanisms to manage risks of shifting natural resource based cadastral boundaries due to disaster event in different countries and suggest an inclusive and participatory approach based framework. It...
Look at TopicThe thesis will contribute to, and build on the preliminary results from the HABITABLE project, which collects, analyzes, and compares perceptions of climate change among migrating populations in Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, South Africa and...
Look at TopicGoal of the research is to develop a planning support tool that supports the participatory planning of bicycle friendly urban areas. The methodology may include the analysis of the current bikeability of a certain case study area or...
Look at TopicMethodological approaches and data collection/analysis methods depend on the research questions, which a student develops in the course of proposal writing. Mixed method approaches are encouraged, especially the creative use of spatial...
Look at TopicThis thesis project will be supporting a currently on-going research project (RETSI) funded by the NWO on energy transition and how it is intertwined with other societal challenges, such as, climate adaptation and circular agriculture....
Look at TopicGoal of the research is to explore means of remote stakeholder collaboration in urban planning and to assess its effectiveness in a case study. Potential urban planning topics are bikeability in urban areas, urban energy transition, and...
Look at TopicTo study multi-functional land use as a way to increase the resilience of regions
Look at TopicPossible objectives and methodology, depending on your interest: - Adapt spatial and economic planning methods for industrialization or coastal zone development - Develop collaborative spatial planning and decision support (SPDSS)...
Look at TopicAlthough we are open to suggestions from students who are excited about this topic (see topic description), we are specifically looking for students who are interested in working on the following two research areas: 1. As part of the...
Look at Topic• Development of an integrated spatio-temporal multi modal transport model for the city of Cape Town, preferably in an open GIS environment. The model allows for spatial-temporal analysis of accessibility and mobility. The model should...
Look at TopicThe theme of sustainable transport is broad which provides students with the possibility to develop their own topic.
Look at TopicWith this research topic, we aim in investigation of automated 2D and 3D maps as initial step towards BIM modelling. The topic can include work related to classification of UAV (or other RS data), visualization, methods and tools for...
Look at Topic• Evaluation of the use of the capability approach of Amartya Sen in transport studies. • Assessment/modification and application of instrument developed by Brussel to a major city in the Netherlands. • Development of an approach...
Look at TopicThe urban morphology can be modeled by local climate zones (LCZs) can be extracted using machine learning algorithms (e.g., random forest). The methodology has been developed for moderate-resolution imagery (see http://www.wudapt.org/),...
Look at TopicDepending on the specific questions, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (QUAN-QUAL) is envisioned; e.g., qualitative data analysis, Qualitative GIS and mobile data capture, walking interviews, photographic recording,...
Look at TopicThe MSc research will explore the accessibility of and issues of justice with respect to urban green spaces in Paramarbo, Suriname: How are urban green spaces distributed in the city? How accessible are urban green spaces to residents of...
Look at TopicUnderstanding how urban processes give rise to urban forms based upon earth observation
Look at TopicThe objectives of the MSc dissertation is to investigate the suitability of the LCZ scheme's, specifically WUDAPT L0 data for phenology characterisation. This shall be achieved using Pan-European phenology data sets (leaf development,...
Look at TopicDevelop design framework for web-based collaborative spatial evaluation Develop serious games for integrated spatial governance and planning
Look at TopicTo review and provide an in-depth description of the content, themes, and composition of fit-for-purpose land administration videos on YouTube.
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