Susanne Komossa, Hollands bouwblok en publiek domein; model, regel, ideaal (Dutch edition); The Dutch urban block and the public realm; models, rules, ideals (English edition), Nijmegen, Vantilt  fall 2010.
The research focuses on the transformation of the urban block in relation to the public realm of the two great Dutch cities Amsterdam and Rotterdam throughout the last 400 years. Differing from the general notion of public space as space that is not private, the public realm of the city is more specifically defined as those places where citizens and visitors with a variety of backgrounds (ex)change ideas and opinions, goods, labour, knowledge and sometimes even get into conflict with each other. In order to analyse the process of transformation, Dutch urban blocks are selected that can be considered as paradigms of subsequent historical periods.

Komossa, Susanne (ed), The Dutch Urban Block and the Public Realm. (Nijmegen: Van Tilt, 2010)