Marthe Derkzen
Arnhem/Nijmegen
Dr. Marthe Derkzen is a researcher and lecturer with the Health and Society chair group. She studies urban nature from a social justice perspective with an interest in climate adaptation, local food, healthy neighborhoods and stewardship of the commons. Marthe is currently based in Arnhem/Nijmegen where she works with bottom-up initiatives, residents, and the municipality to build healthy, climate proof neighborhoods. Her interest is in participation, citizen science, and art-science collaborations.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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Plaidoyer for Transdisciplinarity, Local Agency, and Creative Co-Creation in Horizon Europe and the New European Bauhaus
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Steady Friction Between Nature-based and Engineered Solutions for Urban Coastal Flood Adaptation
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Designing Urban Green Spaces for Health and Well-being
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Nature for All: How can we uproot structural inequity in the provision of nature and its benefits to people?
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Growing Food Together Is Healthy
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Co-Creating Sustainability: Integration of Local Ecological Knowledge in Art Works
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Including Diverse Voices in Adaptation Planning
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From Wet Feet to a Tiny Food Forest—How These 4th Graders Transformed Their Schoolyard into a Tiny Food Forest
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A Sense of Wonder: The Missing Ingredient to a Long-Term Value for Nature?
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Ecosystems for everyone: Who should have access to the myriad benefits of ecosystem services and urban nature? Everyone. Does everyone? No. How will we achieve this moral imperative?
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Evolution in the Streets
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What Do Rotterdammers Want in Green Infrastructure? We Asked Them
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Photo Essay: Untold Stories of Change, Loss and Hope Along the Margins of Bengaluru’s Lakes