De Tuinwijk Eisden is in 1908 opgezet om de mijnwerkers een woonplaats met hoge kwaliteit van leefomgeving te bieden. Het projectgebied betreft de Patro-terreinen en haar aangrenzende kerkplein in Maasmechelen. Beide zijn gelegen in tuinwijk-Eisden, een van de drie tuinwijken die Maasmechelen rijk is. …

In this systematic review we aim to measure the effects of occupational therapy interventions (provided directly by an occupational therapist or under the supervision of an occupational therapist) targeted at improving, restoring and maintaining independence in ADL (to include both self-care and leisure …

In a country like Slovakia, there are many differences between national minorities, and therefore the country has to implement a mixed approach to the cultural interests and needs of the minorities. The largest minority in Slovakia is the Hungarian minority, with a total of 458,467 people, which is a …

This paper explores how residents of Helmond Brandevoort, a neotraditional neighbourhood in the Netherlands, socially construct a 'classed' place identity and what role the historicised architecture plays within that process. Given that place identity is constructed through social and cultural practices, …

Land use or land-use changes can trigger or generate hazards and affect the potential consequences of these hazards. Deforestation can trigger land slides, for example, and land reclamation or levee construction can increase flood hazards downstream. New dwellings in or near forests can trigger wildfires, …

Ymere and the city Almere will in the next ten years develop the residential area Almere Hout Noord. The ambitious targets of this area is a CO2 neutral and energy independent neighborhood with an EPC demand of 0,4. Because of the area's limitations an investigation into air source heat pumps was needed …

Vereniging Tuinpark Laakzijde heeft de wens een tuinpark te ontwikkelen in Vathorst Noord (Amersfoort). KNMH ondersteunt dit burgerinitiatief. Studenten Larenstein komen met een schetsontwerp. Binnen het bestemmingsplan heeft de gemeente een zoekgebied voor de vereniging aangewezen

This paper describes a participatory design-oriented study of an ambient assisted living system for monitoring the daily activities of elderly residents. The work presented addresses these questions 1) What daily activities the elderly participants like to be monitored, 2) With whom they would want to …

Background: As the world population ages, the number of people with diminished performance on the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) increases. A reliable and valid measure needs to be developed to determine the effects of interventions focused at increasing self-care abilities. We developed the Performance …

Aan de bloemkoolwijken wordt de laatste tijd steeds meer aandacht besteedt. Vanuit diverse hoeken (gemeenten, woningcorporaties, onderzoek- en adviesbureaus) worden de wijken bestempeld als de nieuwe probleemwijken. Veel gemeenten en corporaties geven aan een steeds grotere inspanning te moeten leveren …