The 'Stichting Waardebehoud Onroerend Goed' (WOG) was a pilotproject (2012-2017) in order to test different options for communities, owners and housing corporations to deal with impoverished real estate.

Bijdrage aan docentendag Vastgoed en Makelaardij, Groningen, 31 januari 2018

In the Netherlands, about 1.2 million breeding sows are kept for about 3.5 years (eight to nine pregnancy cycles) on average in farming practice. These sows may be exposed to several stressors. With the increasing interest in pig welfare, it is important to investigate these stressors so adjustments …

Ageing of the population in European cities creates fundamental challenges with regard to employment, pensions, health care and other age-related services. Many older people want to live independent lives as long as possible. This aspiration is currently strongly supported by many local governments. …

This special issue includes five articles which cover a diverse range of issues related to recent advances in the design of technologies used in aged-care facilities and the built environment in general. Original item at Emerald: https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-06-2018-055

Purpose – Older people with dementia (OPD) have specific housing and technology-related needs, for which various design principles exist. A model for designing environments and its constituting items for people with dementia that has a firm foundation in neurology may help guide designers in making design …

In our time, professions are passed on form father to child less and less, and some professions related to craftsmanship are disappearing, being replaced by industrial production. I come from a family of wooden artisan, and I witness what happened to my grandfather when he could not work anymore: deprived …

Deze dag zochten we met elkaar de verbinding op binnen en buiten de vastgoedorganisaties. Met diverse prominente sprekers waar onder Friso de Zeeuw, Praktijkhoogleraar Gebiedsontwikkeling TU Delft, Onno Hoff Director Fundmanagement Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance en Birgitte de Maar, Raad van bestuur …

Purpose - Housing associations make too small a contribution to society, the government has to step in too frequently because of maladministration, and the associations’ executives are often unaware of the far-reaching impact of their decisions. These are the conclusions of new academic research conducted …

BACKGROUND: Asset-based approaches have become popular in public health. As yet it is not known to what extent health and welfare professionals are able to identify and mobilise individual and community health assets. Therefore, the aim of this study was to understand professional's perceptions of health …