In 2030, more than 80% of the Dutch population will live in urban areas. This rapid urbanization brings significant challenges, such as air pollution, a shortage of green spaces, heat stress, and other urgent issues that threaten our living environment, but it also offers opportunities: the chance to …

Many European cities have recently experienced anti-tourism protests, as a result of unmanageable flows of tourism. Residents increasingly voice their dissatisfaction. Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations, benefits financially and culturally from international visitors, yet faces …

Urban living labs (ULLs) are experimental governance mechanisms accelerating sustainability transitions in the built environment, yet their governance implications and systemic impact are often under-examined. A comparative analysis of six ULLs is presented with a focus on positive energy districts (PEDs) …

"The transition to a sustainable energy system demands not only technical innovation but also social engagement and collaborative governance. This paper presents a case study from Zoetermeer, a mid-sized city in the Netherlands, where the number of citizen-led energy initiatives grew from four to fourteen …

Background: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) among health and social care providers is crucial to effectively implement community-based fall prevention. Several factors hinder successful and sustainable IPC, highlighting the need to both design and evaluate context-specific implementation strategies. …

Gaasperdam, located in Amsterdam’s southeastern region, is a diverse neighborhood with a population of approximately 30, 000 residents. The area is characterized by a mix of social housing and privately owned homes, with several residential high-rises built during the 1970s and 1980s. In terms of education, …

In this report we describe the setup and results of a study in which primary school pupils from the Netherlands undertook a photovoice assignment. They photographed vegetables they liked and disliked and used these photographs to make postcards, which they sent – with text – to pupils from a primary …

A guest lecture in living lab EDriT for students working on challenges in the municipality of Oldambt

SuDS DNA citiesClimateScan is an open source interactive web-based map application for international knowledge exchange on 'blue-green' (BGI) / NBS / SUDS projects around the globe. Key objectives include urban resilience, climate proofing and climate adaptation. Between 2014 and 2017 (Boogaard et al …