In the second semester of 2023-2024, twenty graduates from various study programs worked together in the Urban Leisure & Tourism Lab Rotterdam. Students from Tourism Management, Leisure Management, Integral Safety Management, Law, Business Studies and Creative Business, among others, joined forces to tackle urban challenges.
Mounir Maria focused his graduation project on the legal aspects of tourist interventions, specifically aimed at improving the quality of life and safety at Zuidplein in Rotterdam. In collaboration with the Urban Leisure & Tourism Lab, he investigated the complex regulations surrounding environmental permits that are required for the implementation of urban interventions, such as lighting and other public facilities.
Mounir’s research resulted in a clear step-by-step plan that supports the students of the Urban Leisure & Tourism Lab in submitting environmental permit applications. This step-by-step plan helps the lab navigate the new criteria of the Environmental Act, the Municipality of Rotterdam’s Environmental Plan, and the Buildings Living Environment Decree. The step-by-step plan is essential for the effective and legal implementation of projects aimed at improving the public space at Zuidplein.
His work emphasizes the importance of legal knowledge in the implementation of urban projects and provides the Urban Leisure & Tourism Lab with practical tools to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, enabling the realization of future-oriented interventions at Zuidplein.
Read more about the other graduation projects under the tag ‘graduation’.