Projects
Development of a cascading approach for zero-waste valorization of agricultural and food residues. University of Antwerp
Monitoring of perennial flower strips in agricultural landscapes Ghent University
Flower borders are now increasingly installed as an agri-environmental measure to improve biodiversity in the agricultural landscape. However, latest studies show that not all flowers are even attractive to wild pollinators, and that an optimised composition and proportion is necessary, especially for the proper development of perennial flower strips in farmland.
In addition, appropriate mowing schemes are also needed for perennial ...
Yellow for Geel: paved farm becomes productive land KU Leuven
Systemic initiative: an experimental softening laboratory with a concrete softening task and area-oriented or policy-based diagnosis as a starting point that is translated via test cases into an initiative for policy embedding or an action program with pilot projects. could offer great potential for softening and re-deployment for agriculture. The target i.r.t. the strategic vision of the BRV is to soften up to 20% of the softening potential ...
Ghent Land – Debate series Ghent University
From March 2024 to August 2024, STAM (Ghent City Museum) will host an exhibition about Ghent's agricultural heritage, largely based on Ghent University research (i.e. PhD research by Hans Vandermaelen and Esther Beeckaert and the interdisciplinary research collaboration in the Stadsacademie on the place for agriculture in cities). In this valorisation project, the Stadsacademie wants to, parallel to the STAM exhibition, organize a series of ...
Yellow for Geel: paved farm becomes productive land KU Leuven
Systemic initiative: an experimental softening laboratory with a concrete softening task and area-oriented or policy-based diagnosis as a starting point that is translated via test cases into an initiative for policy embedding or an action program with pilot projects. could offer great potential for softening and re-deployment for agriculture. The target i.r.t. the strategic vision of the BRV is to soften up to 20% of the softening potential ...
Food justice and citizen-driven governance of urban agriculture. Assessing the co-creative design of multi-stakeholder governance of urban agriculture initiatives. University of Antwerp
High spatial resolution agent-based modelling at the country scale: an application of farming dynamics in Belgium. KU Leuven
During the last decades, ongoing economic pressure as a result of increasing specialisation, mechanisation and globalisation have led to a continuous decrease in farmers numbers in many parts of the world. This process is leading to profound changes in the socio-ecological system of rural areas worldwide and confronts policy makers and rural planners with new challenges.
To better understand such complex systems that are, to a certain ...
Urban Academy: a collaboratorium for sustainability issues in Ghent Ghent University
The Urban Academy focuses on socio-ecological problems in the city of Ghent and at Ghent University. Academic staff, students, policy makers, civil society actors, etc. work in inter- and transdisciplinary research processes on problem definitions and possible solutions, (living lab) experiments and upscaling initiatives, (policy) reports and scientific articles. Our theoretical and analytical framework integrates socio-spatial, ...
Preliminary study for the creation of a regional spatial plan for thespatial development of horticulture, ecological afforestation and protection of open space around Sainte-Catherine-Waver Ghent University
The study for the creation of a regional spatial plan for the development of horticulture with ecological afforestation and protection of open space around Sint-Katelijne-Waver its origins in the process of defining the agricultural and natural structure with the difficult search for a balance between development opportunities for greenhouses and the protection of open space and development opportunities for ecological forest expansion on the ...