The Exodus of rural settlers to urban centers with greater attractiveness of quality of life, has brought serious consequences to the rural environments all over the world. An example of this phenomenon is Spain, that has around 3,000 abandoned villages, half of them in Galicia. These settlements have …

Verslag van een onderzoek waarin de lespraktijk van muziekdocent Johan 't Hart werd onderzocht. Centraal staat de vraag: is die praktijk te karakteriseren als een vorm van 'idiocultureel muziekonderwijs'?

Côte d’Ivoire produces about 42 percent of the world’s total Cocoa but processes only 30 percent of the total production. A large part of the country depends on the commercial benefits of the Cocoa production and supply chain of it. In this paper, we develop a simulation model that assess the performance …

Lessons learned on the progress towards 4th generation district heating (4DHC) are presented from 6 pilot implementation projects in the UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands (HeatNet project). The pilots have implemented the infrastructure for district heating from various (waste) heat and …

Particulate matter (PM) exposure, amongst others caused by emissions and industrial processes, is an important source of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. There are situations in which blue-collar workers in roadwork companies are at risk. This study investigated perceptions of risk and mitigation …

A large number of organisations and authors from all over the world collaborated for this final document: the Smart City Guidance Package. As an innovative tool to create Smart City's the We-Energy Game was also invited to join the programme on the road to sustainable city's.

Zoals alle bedrijfstakken heeft ook het wegvervoer van zeecontainers te maken met tal van externe ontwikkelingen die van invloed kunnen zijn op de toekomstige positie van ondernemingen in de sector. In samenwerking met TLN en een aantal leden van hun leden in de sector van zeecontainervervoerders hebben …

Dit onderzoek is gedaan in opdracht van Langdurige Zorg, GGZ Drenthe. Dit is een behandelsetting voor jongeren en volwassenen met ernstige psychische problemen, waaronder ook psychotische problematiek. De laatste decennia richt het onderzoek naar psychose zich onder andere op preventie en vroegdetectie. …

This report maps different programs that supportrefugees on the road to entrepreneurship. The municipality of The Hague, along with the refugee and migrant support organization EnterStart (MigrantINC) asked for an evaluation of the program The Hague Test Garden (from now on called The Test Garden) where …

Currently EVs constitute only 1% of all vehicles on the road. We are at the eve of the large scale introduction of EVs. Large scale introduction requires a significant growth in charging infrastructure. In an urban context, in which many rely on on-street charging facilities, policy makers deal with …