Important announcement

Dear visitor,

Please note that this OpenCourseWare platform will be replaced at the end of 2026 by a new platform (under the same url ocw.tudelft.nl).

Courses and their contents that are currently available the platform will partly be migrated. URL’s for this content will change and content might be unavailable for some time. In addition, some courses will not be available anymore.

If you are linking to specific courses on this platform (for instance for your students), please take timely measures to avoid problems with access. Possible actions are:

  • Download the materials to your local platform (laptop, server)
  • For educators only (including TU Delft lecturers): Contact us at ocw@tudelft.nl and inform us what course you are using in what context (institute, program, period of use, number of students). We will research (in collaboration with the authors of the course) and decide if we will migrate the course, and if yes, can supply you with a new url.

Thank you.

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Erwin Heurkens

Erwin Heurkens is an assistant professor in Urban Development Management at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department of Management in the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology. His academic work focuses on ‘Sustainable Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects’. His expertise involves public-private partnerships, urban development management, real estate development, institutional economics, and international comparative studies. Within market-driven planning and development practices, he studies the relationship between planning policies and market decisions, and investigates the roles of and interactions between private organisations (property developers, investors and owners), and public organisations (local planning authorities) in delivering sustainable urban development projects.

Since his PhD “Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects” (2012), international comparative perspectives have been key in his work. Erwin co-edited the books “International Approaches to Real Estate Development” (2015) and “Routledge Companion to Real Estate Development” (2018), published numerous scientific and professional journal articles, and carries out practical studies for governments and the building industry. Currently, he participates in an European H2020 research project called REPAiR, studying the governance of circular urban redevelopment projects. Erwin teaches in many Bachelor, Master and post-Master courses, and is the main instructor for the Sustainable Building Adaptation MOOC.

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