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Spatial planning and strategy is a chair in the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology. We are concerned with knowledge about the formulation, implementation and evaluation of strategic and urban planning tools - visions, strategies, plans and programmes.

Our 2019 group photo

Our 2019 group photo

This is our group in 2019 with our vision for the future. In 2019 Professor Vincent Nadin has left the section, as he retired. For information about our group, please write to spatial planning-BK@tudelft.nl
Book Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft

Book Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft

On the occasion of Professor Vincent Nadin’s retirement after 11 years at TU Delft, the section Spatial Planning and Strategy launched a book celebrating Vincent’s time as head of the section and later a head of department. This book is a compilation of all our activities during those eleven years....
SPS is part of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft

SPS is part of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft

SPS is part of the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the TU Delft. Click on the logo to go to the official website of the Department of Urbanism Urbanism The Department of Urbanism in the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology...
Join our INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAILING LIST

Join our INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAILING LIST

  The chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy promotes activities concerning International Urban Development. This concerns mostly issues of urban development in the Global South. This includes (but is not limited to) urban management, housing, informal urbanisation, governance, resources management, territorial management, urban emergencies, among other topics concerning the built environment in the Global...
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Join our Facebook group! 5000+ people have done so!

5000+ people have joined our group on Facebook since its creation. That is the space we use to comment on current events, to discuss books and papers and to share the social life of the chair.Go to our Facebook group page by clicking HERE!  
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Click here for our LinkedIN Group. Our LinkedIN Group has 500+ people as of October 2012. Join us for updates and announcements.
Welcome to the BLOG Spatial Planning and Strategy of the Delft University of Technology

Welcome to the BLOG Spatial Planning and Strategy of the Delft University of Technology

  Spatial planning and strategy is a chair in the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology led by Professor Wil Zonneveld. We are concerned with knowledge about the formulation, implementation and evaluation of strategic and urban planning tools – visions, strategies, plans and programmes. We are particularly...
Latest entries

An Urban Geography of Globalisation PART 1

Check out this SlideShare Presentation: An Urban Geography of Globalisation PART 1 View more presentations from Roberto Rocco.

Designing is communicating, an article by Roberto Rocco published at B-Nieuws

Designing is communicating This text was originally written for B-Nieuws, the periodic newspaper of the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology – TU Delft. Floris van der Zee has reviewed it. This article is primarily intended to students of the department of Urbanism, but I believe the message is relevant to any...

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy | Video on TED.com

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy | Video on TED.com

AESOP Young Academics, TU Delft, 13Mar, 2011

AESOP YOUNG ACADEMICS 2011 Photos

AESOP YOUNG ACADEMICS 2011 Photos

YA 2011, a set on Flickr. The 5th AESOP Young Academics Meeting 2011 ‘Diversity in Urbanism: Learning Across Cultures and Disciplines’ Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 16-18 February 2011 The Conference Venue: Berlagezaal, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft Julianalaan 134, 2628 ZG, Delft, The Netherlands

YA 2011 Keynote speech_Prof.Wil Zonneveld

The 5th AESOP Young Academics Meeting 2011‘Diversity in Urbanism: Learning Across Cultures and Disciplines’ Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 16-18 February 2011The Conference Venue: Berlagezaal, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft Julianalaan 134, 2628 ZG, Delft, The Netherlands

YA 2011 Keynote speech_Prof. Joerg knieling

The 5th AESOP Young Academics Meeting 2011‘Diversity in Urbanism: Learning Across Cultures and Disciplines’Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands16-18 February 2011The Conference Venue: Berlagezaal, Faculty of Architecture, TU DelftJulianalaan 134, 2628 ZG, Delft, The Netherlands

YA 2011 Keynote speech_Prof.Patsy Healey

The 5th AESOP Young Academics Meeting 2011 ‘Diversity in Urbanism: Learning Across Cultures and Disciplines’ Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 16-18 February 2011 The Conference Venue: Berlagezaal, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft Julianalaan 134, 2628 ZG, Delft, The Netherlands

HDI Sao Paulo per district (2007)

HDI Sao Paulo per district (2007), originally uploaded by Roberto Rocco. This is a new map for Human Development Index in the city of Sao Paulo. Here, districts are compared to the closest country in terms of HDI. Names of countries are repeated because HDI variations are very slight.

Seminar on 21 March: RUFUS – Rural Future Networks (The 7th framework project )

On the coming Monday, 21 March from 13.00 to 14.00, Akkie and Alex will present RUFUS – Rural Future Networks (The 7th framework project ).

Seminar on 18 March:The Changing Role of Small Towns in China’s Urban Transition

On this Friday, 18 March from 13.00 to 14.00, Ying Jun will have a rehearsal for her first-year review: The Changing Role of Small Towns in China’s Urban Transition: Exploring the Factors explaining the Transition of Small Towns in the Yangtze Delta Region.

Introduction on Strategic Planning

This is a quite long presentation on strategic planning. It is composed by two main parts: recent shifts in the understanding of urban planning and design + basic elements of strategic planning. This presentation can be seen without a presenter (hence the text). Introduction on Strategic Planning View more presentations from Roberto Rocco.