Sustainable livable housing is pre-condition for healthy living, improve quality of life and
critical to economic and social survival. It also encompasses various aspects that …

In depopulating rural areas, one of the main issues is how to deal with the decline of local
facilities such as schools, post-offices and shops. It is often feared that closure of a local …

In the Dutch policy discourse it is increasingly thought that active citizenship will positively
affect satisfaction with the living environment. This article challenges this assumption by …

Rural communities often display strong emotions in response to closures of facilities and
services. Research into explaining community responses hardly pays attention to the socio …

Agent based modelling has been widely accepted as a promising tool for urban planning
purposes thanks to its capability to provide sophisticated insights into the social behaviours …

Traffic and transportation became one of the most vivid application areas for multiagent and
agent technology. Traffic and transportation systems are not only spatially distributed, but …

There is a growing concern about city livability around the world and of particular concern is
the aspects of the person-environment relationship which encompasses many …

Cities are widely considered to be the engines of economic growth, as they contribute for
more than 70% of global economy. However, the haphazard urbanisation trends are today …

Agent based modelling has emerged as a promising tool to provide planners with
sophisticated insights on social behaviour and the interdependencies characterising urban …

Housing is a basic human need and its liveability transcends beyond the perimeter of the
housing unit. The quality of the living environment is important for an individual’ s …