Publications & Media

Götze, V., Gerber, J.-D., & Jehling, M. 2024. “Mapping municipal land policies: applications of flexible zoning for densification.” Buildings and Cities, X(X), pp. 1–14. Read article

Verheij, Jessica. 2024. “Planning the Dense and Healthy City for All: Access to Green Spaces in Densification Projects”. In The Routledge Handbook on Greening High-Density Cities, eds Peng Du, Kheir Al-Khodmany, Mir M. Ali. Purchase chapter

Verheij, Jessica, Gerber, Jean-David and Stéphane Nahrath. 2024. “Commoning the compact city: The role of old and new commons in urban development.” Geoforum, 152(11). Read article

Bouwmeester, Josje, Hartmann, Thomas, Ay, Deniz, and Jean-David Gerber, J. D. 2024. “Making room for affordable housing: Project-based negotiations between planning authorities and landowners in Dutch and Swiss densification.” Land Use Policy, 144, Article 107264. Read article

Götze, Vera, Bouwmeester, Josje, and Mathias Jehling. 2024. “For whom do we densify? Explaining income variation across densification projects in the region of Utrecht, the Netherlands.” Urban Studies, 61(7), 1273-1290. Read article

Verheij, Jessica, Deniz Ay, Jean David Gerber, and Stéphane Nahrath. 2023. “Ensuring Public Access to Green Spaces in Urban Densification: The Role of Planning and Property Rights.” Planning Theory and Practice. Read article

Bouwmeester, Josje, Jean-David Gerber, Thomas Hartmann, and Deniz Ay. 2023. “Non-Compliance and Non-Enforcement : An Unexpected Outcome of Flexible Soft Densification Policy in the Netherlands.” Land Use Policy 126: 106525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106525. Read article

Götze, Vera, and Mathias Jehling. 2022. “Comparing Types and Patterns: A Context-Oriented Approach to Densification in Switzerland and the Netherlands.” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 0(0): 1–15. Read article

Götze, Vera, and Mathias Jehling. 2021. “Bilanz ziehen. Räumliche Verteilung von Kosten und Nutzen städtischer Verdichtung in den Regionen Utrecht und Bern.” In Flächennutzungsmonitoring XIII mit Beiträgen zu Flächenpolitik - Konzepte - Analysen - Tools, eds. Gotthard Meinel, Tobias Krüger, Martin Behnisch, Denise Ehrhardt. Rhombos, IÖR Schriften 79 Read article


Article by Josje Bouwmeester in Housing Quality Network “Non-compliance and non-enforcement: An unexpected policy outcome in the Netherlands” July 2023 Read article

Article by Jessica Verheij in QuartierMagazin neighborhood magazine “Verdichtung in Holligen: Bodennutzung ist immer politisch!” March 2023 Read article

Interview with Prof. Jean-David Gerber in Bärnerbär local Newspaper “Verdichtung findet dort statt, wo es hoch rentabel ist” October 2020 Read article