%0 Thesis %9 Bachelor %A Sijbrandij, J. %D 2017 %F theses_frw:344 %T Urban waterfront assesment: case study of the Spree river in Berlin %U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/344/ %X The (re)development of the waterfront of the Spree river in Berlin started later if it is compared with other major waterfronts in Western Europe and did not result in a sustainable waterfront yet.A questionnaire with one hundred inhabitants helped to find out in which way waterfront (re)development is executed in Berlin, to know opinions of inhabitants about this (re)development and find out if inhabitants are attracted to the waterfront and in which way inhabitants want to use the waterfront of the Spree. The questionnaire showed that there a still a few aspects of the waterfront of the Spree the local government needs to improve, like creating more public access to the waterfront in the neighbourhoods and all over Berlin, integrate the public in the planning process and value the mixed-use principle.