Research programme OTB
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OTB's main objective is to conduct strategic research in the areas of housing studies, urban studies, mobility studies and geo-information studies. Our employees are involved in current research themes, grouped into six research programs:
GIS Technology, which concentrates on developing and providing geoinformation technology and knowledge for crisis management and spatial information infrastructure.
Governance of Geoinformation and Land Development, which focuses on research in land law, the administrative, legal and organizational aspects of geo-information, and the institutions, such as organizations, processes, legal rules and (financial) instruments, that are (or may be) used in the spatial development of both urban and rural areas.
Housing Quality, which focuses on the physical quality of dwellings and which studies how to improve the physical quality of houses in four research areas: technical knowledge on health and sustainability of dwellings, innovation of building and maintenance processes, management of housing providers, and policy instruments and enforcement procedures aimed at improving housing quality.
Housing Systems, which aims at examining and explaining the manner in which housing systems can be characterized, how they change over time, and whether they are and will continue to be sustainable in terms of affordability, quality of individual units, and quality of the residential environment.
Neighbourhood Change and Housing, which is concerned with the ways in which residential neighbourhoods are ordered, organized and lived as everyday realities in a changing urban world.
Urban and Regional Development, which deals with the interrelationships between the ever growing complexity of urban systems and the extent to which the development of these systems can be influenced through policies and governance.
