Joop de Kraker
Biographic Data
| ID | 6016595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joop de Kraker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joop |
| FAMILY NAME | de Kraker |
| SIGNATURE | DE KRAKER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maastricht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7968-0680 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond the formal spotlight−Unravelling side events in multilateral environmental negotiations: A review
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), a key element of global environmental governance, and their associated agreement-making processes have been widely studied, in particular the formal negotiations between national delegates. In contrast, informal interactions—particularly side events— have received much less attention, despite their growing number and increased attendance by a variety of non-state actors. To better understand the natur…
Urban Policymakers’ Perspectives on the Equity Impacts and Risks of Local Energy and Mobility Decarbonisation Policies: A Case Study of Dutch Cities
Decarbonisation of urban energy and transportation systems has become a priority for cities worldwide, with policies primarily aiming to promote rooftop solar electricity generation and a shift to private electric vehicles (EVs). However, these policies may also increase inequalities in access to affordable, low-carbon mobility and the associated benefits. While academic literature shows increasing awareness of these equity impacts and risks, the…
The Shrinking City as a Testing Ground for Urban Degrowth Practices
To inform and operationalize an urban degrowth agenda, more systematic and larger-scale experimentation with degrowth practices is needed. The aim of this study was to explore the suitability of shrinking cities as testing grounds for urban degrowth practices. To answer this question, we analyzed two cases, both urban greening initiatives, located in the shrinking urban region of Parkstad Limburg, in the Netherlands. The cases show that in a shri…
Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability: An Updated Research Agenda
Shrinking cities and degrowth thinking share their parting from the dominant growth paradigm and seem to have much to offer to each other. Could degrowth be an inspiring and guiding paradigm for the sustainable development of shrinking cities? Could shrinking cities be suitable testing grounds to apply degrowth’s radical sustainability principles in practice? These and other questions regarding the connections between urban shrinkage, degrowth, a…
Applying SCALE 3D for evaluating transformative social innovation
Conventional evaluation and strategy approaches insufficiently address the needs of social innovation to adapt to non-linear and emergent change processes. This study addresses this shortcoming by testing a recently developed conceptual framework (3D) for the purpose of adaptive strategy and evaluation. We translated the 3D framework into a practice tool (SCALE 3D [Strategic Capacity development, Leadership and Evaluation in 3 Dimensions]) and ap…
Co-creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus
Urban Planning by Experiment: Practices, Outcomes, and Impacts
The impact of urban experimentation on urban planning approaches is so far insufficiently assessed and discussed. This thematic issue sets out to investigate the possibilities and limitations of ‘urban planning by experiment,’ defined as an approach that uses experimentation to innovate and improve urban planning instruments, approaches, and outcomes. It brings together eight contributions presenting original research on urban experimentation and…
The Practice of Urban Experimentation in Dutch City Labs
‘Urban planning by experiment’ can be seen as an approach that uses experimentation to innovate and improve urban planning instruments, approaches, and outcomes. Nowadays, urban experiments—interventions in the city with the aim to innovate, learn, or gain experience—are increasingly taking place in the context of Urban Living Labs. In the Netherlands, a certain type of Urban Living Lab, called city labs, is flourishing, and it has been suggested…
Transitioning Urban Experiments: Reflections on Doing Action Research with Urban Labs
There is a large diversity in lab approaches. We contribute to a much needed evaluation by reflecting on a specific transdisciplinary action research approach that transforms a conventional innovation project into a transition experiment. We show how the approach could be adapted in order to be applied to urban labs focusing on sustainability transitions in governance systems.Urban labs have gained popularity throughout Europe. They are a manifes…
Social learning for resilience in social–ecological systems
Sustainability assessment as problem structuring: Three typical ways
Sustainability assessment (SA) is an increasingly popular term referring to a broad range of approaches to align decision-making with the principles of sustainability. Nevertheless, in public and private sectors sustainability results are still disappointing, and this paper reflects on this problem and proposes a way forward. We argue that, because sustainability issues are generally wicked problems (i.e. a 'complex of interconnected factors in a…
Assessment of the Potential of Ecolabels to Promote Agrobiodiversity
We conducted a study to assess to what extent current ecolabels contain standards that stimulate conservation and sustainable use of on-farm biodiversity of agricultural landscapes (agrobiodiversity). First, we developed an agrobiodiversity management yardstick to assess and compare the labeling schemes of ecolabels for arable farming. Key characteristics of the yardstick are the five levels linking the abstract notion of agrobiodiversity managem…
Social learning for resilience in social–ecological systems
Sustainability assessment as problem structuring: Three typical ways
Sustainability assessment (SA) is an increasingly popular term referring to a broad range of approaches to align decision-making with the principles of sustainability. Nevertheless, in public and private sectors sustainability results are still disappointing, and this paper reflects on this problem and proposes a way forward. We argue that, because sustainability issues are generally wicked problems (i.e. a 'complex of interconnected factors in a…
Applying SCALE 3D for evaluating transformative social innovation
Conventional evaluation and strategy approaches insufficiently address the needs of social innovation to adapt to non-linear and emergent change processes. This study addresses this shortcoming by testing a recently developed conceptual framework (3D) for the purpose of adaptive strategy and evaluation. We translated the 3D framework into a practice tool (SCALE 3D [Strategic Capacity development, Leadership and Evaluation in 3 Dimensions]) and ap…
Assessment of the Potential of Ecolabels to Promote Agrobiodiversity
We conducted a study to assess to what extent current ecolabels contain standards that stimulate conservation and sustainable use of on-farm biodiversity of agricultural landscapes (agrobiodiversity). First, we developed an agrobiodiversity management yardstick to assess and compare the labeling schemes of ecolabels for arable farming. Key characteristics of the yardstick are the five levels linking the abstract notion of agrobiodiversity managem…
Assessment of the Potential of Ecolabels to Promote Agrobiodiversity
We conducted a study to assess to what extent current ecolabels contain standards that stimulate conservation and sustainable use of on-farm biodiversity of agricultural landscapes (agrobiodiversity). First, we developed an agrobiodiversity management yardstick to assess and compare the labeling schemes of ecolabels for arable farming. Key characteristics of the yardstick are the five levels linking the abstract notion of agrobiodiversity managem…
Social learning for resilience in social–ecological systems
Sustainability assessment as problem structuring: Three typical ways
Sustainability assessment (SA) is an increasingly popular term referring to a broad range of approaches to align decision-making with the principles of sustainability. Nevertheless, in public and private sectors sustainability results are still disappointing, and this paper reflects on this problem and proposes a way forward. We argue that, because sustainability issues are generally wicked problems (i.e. a 'complex of interconnected factors in a…
Transitioning Urban Experiments: Reflections on Doing Action Research with Urban Labs
There is a large diversity in lab approaches. We contribute to a much needed evaluation by reflecting on a specific transdisciplinary action research approach that transforms a conventional innovation project into a transition experiment. We show how the approach could be adapted in order to be applied to urban labs focusing on sustainability transitions in governance systems.Urban labs have gained popularity throughout Europe. They are a manifes…
Urban Planning by Experiment: Practices, Outcomes, and Impacts
The impact of urban experimentation on urban planning approaches is so far insufficiently assessed and discussed. This thematic issue sets out to investigate the possibilities and limitations of ‘urban planning by experiment,’ defined as an approach that uses experimentation to innovate and improve urban planning instruments, approaches, and outcomes. It brings together eight contributions presenting original research on urban experimentation and…
The Practice of Urban Experimentation in Dutch City Labs
‘Urban planning by experiment’ can be seen as an approach that uses experimentation to innovate and improve urban planning instruments, approaches, and outcomes. Nowadays, urban experiments—interventions in the city with the aim to innovate, learn, or gain experience—are increasingly taking place in the context of Urban Living Labs. In the Netherlands, a certain type of Urban Living Lab, called city labs, is flourishing, and it has been suggested…
Co-creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus
Applying SCALE 3D for evaluating transformative social innovation
Conventional evaluation and strategy approaches insufficiently address the needs of social innovation to adapt to non-linear and emergent change processes. This study addresses this shortcoming by testing a recently developed conceptual framework (3D) for the purpose of adaptive strategy and evaluation. We translated the 3D framework into a practice tool (SCALE 3D [Strategic Capacity development, Leadership and Evaluation in 3 Dimensions]) and ap…
The Shrinking City as a Testing Ground for Urban Degrowth Practices
To inform and operationalize an urban degrowth agenda, more systematic and larger-scale experimentation with degrowth practices is needed. The aim of this study was to explore the suitability of shrinking cities as testing grounds for urban degrowth practices. To answer this question, we analyzed two cases, both urban greening initiatives, located in the shrinking urban region of Parkstad Limburg, in the Netherlands. The cases show that in a shri…
Urban Shrinkage, Degrowth, and Sustainability: An Updated Research Agenda
Shrinking cities and degrowth thinking share their parting from the dominant growth paradigm and seem to have much to offer to each other. Could degrowth be an inspiring and guiding paradigm for the sustainable development of shrinking cities? Could shrinking cities be suitable testing grounds to apply degrowth’s radical sustainability principles in practice? These and other questions regarding the connections between urban shrinkage, degrowth, a…
Urban Policymakers’ Perspectives on the Equity Impacts and Risks of Local Energy and Mobility Decarbonisation Policies: A Case Study of Dutch Cities
Decarbonisation of urban energy and transportation systems has become a priority for cities worldwide, with policies primarily aiming to promote rooftop solar electricity generation and a shift to private electric vehicles (EVs). However, these policies may also increase inequalities in access to affordable, low-carbon mobility and the associated benefits. While academic literature shows increasing awareness of these equity impacts and risks, the…
Beyond the formal spotlight−Unravelling side events in multilateral environmental negotiations: A review
Multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), a key element of global environmental governance, and their associated agreement-making processes have been widely studied, in particular the formal negotiations between national delegates. In contrast, informal interactions—particularly side events— have received much less attention, despite their growing number and increased attendance by a variety of non-state actors. To better understand the natur…
Computer Science (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development (4 works)