This study of the cities of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Christchurch in New Zealand shows that cities are still institutionally ill equipped to significantly enhance their resilience – their capacities to resist, recover and adapt.

How can transport and land-use transitions in urban regions be understood and supported? To tackle this question, this thesis draws on theories and concepts from transition studies.

Planning the Port City. A Contribution to and Application of the Relational Approach, Based on Five Case Studies in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Ghent (Belgium).

This research is a plea for a co-evolutionary orgware approach to mobility to complement the conventional hardware and software approaches.