Paul van de Laar & Peter Scholten Turkish dock worker with a colleague at Multi-Terminals (1980), Robert de Hartogh, Rotterdam. A superdiverse city The first…
Maurice Jansen Port cities and water cultures around the world draw increasingly more attention, discussion and reflection, especially in light of global…
Stephan Hauser The explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020 showed that ports are clusters of risks, and that accidents in port areas can have disastrous effects…
Paul van de Laar Within Europe, the Netherlands is lagging behind in enrolling vaccination against Covid-19. This does not mean that the Dutch neglect the…
Maurice Jansen and Yueyue Zhang In 2019, Rotterdam and Shanghai celebrated 40 years of sister city relationships. Both cities have drastically changed during…
Maurice Jansen Many ports in the world are pivots of social dilemmas, such as coastal protection versus port expansion, attractive urban housing versus port…
Asma Mehan and Maurice Jansen On 4 th of August 2020, the Lebanese capital and port city, Beirut, was rocked by a massive explosion that has killed hundreds and…
Maurice Jansen Rotterdam-Zuid, a district that has grown near and along with the port of Rotterdam on the South side of the River Maas, is lacking behind in…
Amanda Brandellero & Maurice Jansen The COVID-19 outbreak constitutes an unanticipated resilience test for our cities and societies. Resilience encapsulates the…
Maurice Jansen A new renaissance for port-citizens The sensation of us standing on a pivotal moment in time is omnipresent. I heard it at the kick-off of the…
