by Katleen De Flander January 16, 2015 Some weeks ago, I had the chance to invite a small group of urban experts (from local governments, city networks, urban strategists, non-profit agencies and academia) to the IASS to discuss a working paper…
A look at the most common current approaches to tackle environmental problems and why they are not leading to transformation from IASS researcher Katleen de Flander
by Katleen De Flander December 2, 2014 Since my work concentrates on transforming resource flows in cities, I am always very interested in situations which put a society under stress. During times of stress, people and governments are so much…
An Usambara Landscape Approach by Judith Rosendahl . September 2014. I found myself in the West Usambara Mountains in North-Eastern Tanzania, a region characterized by high population density, farming on steep mountain slopes, intensive vegetable production in the valley floors,…
A Commons Conversation The short film A Commons Conversation speaks to the importance of commons, and the need to protect the rights of local people to their commons through legal and social recognition, community-based regulation, and empowerment. The protagonists took…