TY - THES ID - theses_frw3117 AV - public M1 - master Y1 - 2012/// A1 - Zandvoort, M. UR - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3117/ N2 - Cohousing is a new way of housing, whereby a group of people builds or lives together. Collective private commissioning (CPC) represents the Dutch version of building together within cohousing. Since CPC is a new concept it can push planners and spatial planning to change. The aim of this thesis was to analyse, based upon the concept of self-organization, the possible change that cohousing has on planning and the role of the planning official. The results provide planning officials at the level of the municipality an understanding of the difference between cohousing and housing. It also provides suggestions for the planner to adapt to cohousing. TI - Self-organization in the urban environment: a planner's adaptation to cohousing ER -