Bomennieuws (Reina de Smeth en Floris Boogaard), Bomen en wadi’s versterken elkaar, Bomenstichting winter 2024

The project for a mixed housing complex in the Taxandria zone in Waalwijk promotes a locally based development, inspired by the urban grain of the old city center. A variety of block types and terraced housing with experimental tiny and medium scale living units is arranged along covered alleyways and …

Floris Boogaard elaborated in his presentation on blue-green infrastructure solutions in the Netherlands, aimed at enhancing climate resilience. His presentation covered aspects such as the history, current situation, design, maintenance, financing, and citizen participation in these infrastructure projects. …

Dit rapport onderzoekt de functie van het werkgebied Stichting Duurzaam Natuurbeheer Landje van Gruijters voor moerasvogels. Het gebied, gelegen in Noord-Holland, blijkt een belangrijke broedlocatie en pleisterplaats voor diverse sleutelsoorten, met het Landje van Gruijters als belangrijkste deelgebied. …

In dit onderzoek zijn de vegetatiestructuureisen gekwantificeerd door op vindplaatsen van de gladde slang de vegetatiestructuur te inventariseren. De resultaten geven aanleiding om enkele claims gebaseerd op oude literatuur over de gladde slang in twijfel te trekken. Zo roepen de inventarisaties de vraag …

Evaluation of the hydrological performance of grassed swales usually needs long-term monitoring data. At present, suitable techniques for simulating the hydrological performance using limited monitoring data are not available. Therefore, current study aims to investigate the relationship between saturated …

Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) of the filler layer in grassed swales are varying in the changing environment. In most of the hydrological models, Ks is assumed as constant or decrease with a clogging factor. However, the Ks measured on site cannot be the input of the hydrological model directly. …

Increasing mental health issues, such as emotional problems, pose a threat for the academic performance of undergraduate students. We propose a route connecting emotional problems and academic performance through executive functioning skills (EFS). Despite the abundance of research on the topic of EFS, …

This study aimed to evaluate outcomes and support use in 12- to 25-year-old visitors of the @ease mental health walk-in centres, a Dutch initiative offering free counselling by trained and supervised peers.

Communities worldwide are critically re-examining their seasonal cultures and calendars. As cultural frameworks, seasons have long patterned community life and provided repertoires for living by annual rhythms. In a chaotic world, the seasons - winter, the monsoon and so on - can feel like stable cultural …