Vertical urbanisation is perceived as necessary to accommodate a growing population but is associated with severe risks for human well-being. It requires a profound understanding of how archi-tectural designs can ensure visually readable and liveable environments before it has been built. How-ever, current …

If you, as a municipality or waste collector, you want to learn more about how residents view to the separation of organic waste and at the same time encourage them to separate their organic waste (better), then the infosurvey may be an interesting solution. This is a survey and behavioural intervention …

One behavioural intervention that can help increase the opportunity to separate organic waste is offering a organic waste bin and bags. But which type of bin is best to offer to residents, do you give a choice or not, and how can you best manage the distribution? We tried to answer these questions through …

Verduurzaming is een belangrijk thema binnen de melkveehouderij. Om de veehouders van de toekomst te helpen aan kennis over verduurzaming, wordt een serious game ontwikkeld. Onderdeel hiervan is een lijst met maatregelen die scoren op de basisprincipes veerkracht, volhoudbaarheid en toekomstbestendigheid."Wat …

This study aimed to evaluate the children's usage and their physical activity levels at playgrounds with (N = 4) and without (N = 4) organized sports activities, following a quasi-experimental study design. Direct observations were used to assess the playground usage and estimate the playground users' …

Charging infrastructure deployment has taken off in many cities with the rise of the number of electric vehicles on the road. Expansion of infrastructure is a matter of prioritisation of resources to optimise the infrastructure. This paper explores how to measure charging station performance, to address …

Habitat fragmentation caused by urbanization and climate change are important drivers of biodiversity decline and ecosystem degradation (McKinney, 2002). Governmental inaction results in cascade effects, such as the extinction of species and the weakening of ecosystem services that citizens depend on. …

"Is een AI-gestuurde sociale robot de juiste keuze voor je winkel?" (Verhagen et al., 2024) presenteren Tibert Verhagen, Stephanie van de Sanden, Jacqueline Arnoldy, Ewout Nas en Koen Hindriks inzichten uit een praktijkonderzoek naar de inzet van sociale robots in twintig Nederlandse winkels, waaronder …

Werken sociale robots echt op de winkelvloer? Maken klanten er gebruik van en wat vinden zij van de robot? En hoe kijken winkelmedewerkers tegen de robot aan? Ewout Nas, Tibert Verhagen, Jacqueline Arnoldy, Stephanie van de Sanden (HvA) en Koen Hindriks (VU Amsterdam) zochten het uit. Het is voor winkeliers …