Het project “Sporttoerisme - Sportas Amsterdam” draait om de vraag: welke kansen biedt sporttoerisme voor Sportas? De aanleiding voor het project is het bredere programma rond het gebiedsconcept Sportas Amsterdam. Dit programma behelst de ambitie van de gemeente Amsterdam, gemeente Amstelveen en partners …

This book contains five views and architectural proposals for Cape Town, South Africa. The design project is a 3rd year project (P5) at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. Two lecturers and five students visited Cape Town in 2014, The metropolitan region of Cape Town has grown rampant for decades. …

By presenting tourists with real-time information an increase in efficiency and satisfaction of their day planning can be achieved. At the same time, real-time information services can offer the municipality the opportunity to spread the tourists throughout the city centre. An important factor for success …

This paper describes innovation in existing and future Master’s degree education in renewable energy at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen (Hanze UAS). Interrelationships between research and industry are significant within this education. Clearly illustrated by development of the Energy …

Adaptive urban development is the design, construction and continuing evolution of urban areas to anticipate and react to changes in the environment and society. These changes include both processes within the city itself and external developments. It is expected that until 2100 a total of 5 billion …

Promotion of a healthy pregnancy is a top priority of the health care policy in many European countries. Perinatal mortality is an important indicator of the success of this policy. Recently, it was shown that the Netherlands has relatively high perinatal death rates when compared to other European countries. …

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a term that is used frequently. Many organizations try to be social responsible and do business in such a manner. It is an organization's own duty to act upon CSR. This paper is about Boenk, a catering and event organization that is situated in the city centre …

Chapter of a report that presents a case study of the City of Heerlen, Netherlands, a shrinking city that identifies cultural policy as an important factor in vitalising the city. Heerlen has made significant investments into culture and is experiencing a “cultural spring”. This promotes a positive climate …

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the improvement of the food safety in the broiler sub sector in Enjil in the suburb of the Herat city, a district in centre of the Herat province in western part of Afghanistan.

Book on the project 'Musicscape Groningen - Live!' which shows the variety of public music performances in the city of Groningen and the municipality of Appingedam in a two week period in 2010.