What I discovered is an imbalance between the three core components of well-being: mental, social, and physical. While well-being has become increasingly important, especially among the new generation after the pandemic, hotels still tend to prioritise physical services, often neglecting the mental and …

In 2016, a selective preventive spinal immobilization protocol for emergency medical service (EMS) nurses was introduced in the Netherlands. This protocol leaves more room for autonomous decision-making in the pre-hospital phase regarding preventive spinal immobilization (PSI), compared to the previous …

Background Positive Energy Districts, which incorporate energy planning at the district level, are a pioneering concept for sustainable, smart and climate-neutral urban development. This concept supports creating communities that generate more annual energy than they consume. To this end, integrative …

This article discusses Deep Mapping in Geography teaching and learning by drawing on a case study of a summer school organised during the COVID-19 pandemic. Deep Mapping was used to foster deep learning among the students and teach them about a distant place and people. The exercise tasked the students …

Internal displacement has been one of the major crises in Yemen since the escalation on of the war in 2015. The conflict has forced people to flee their homes and lands searching for safer places. Displacement has disrupted the livelihoods of these people, leaving them with severe shortagesof necessities …

Given the urgency of global energy transition, small- and medium-sized cities often undergo rapid changes. What is often missing, however, is a better understanding of how residents of those places perceive, and relate to the various aspects of local energy transition process and spatial outcomes. This …

‘Dreaming of Modernism, a strategic vision for Amsterdam Southeast’ is a reflection and a looking forward in the tradition of urban planning, starting from a fascination for the Bijlmer, as Amsterdam Southeast is commonly known, as the most extensive and youngest urban expansion of the last century. …

· As a platform for interdisciplinary applied research in the community setting, the living lab model offers a unique environment for the imagination of tourism interventions that can recast the activity as a force for good. Mandating a quadruple helix ecosystem, living labs encourage participation …

The expo The Symbiotic City was on display at ARTIS-Groote Museum from 21 June to 5 September 2024. The expo shows a future Amsterdam where nature and people live together in harmony. The images and texts were created during the workshop The Symbiotic City, in which local policymakers, urban ecologists, …

The concept of Smart Healthy Age-Friendly Environments (SHAFE) emphasises the comprehensive person-centred experience as essential to promoting living environments. SHAFE takes an interdisciplinary approach, conceptualising complete and multidisciplinary solutions for an inclusive society. From this …