De sociale woningmarkt in Zuid Afrika is nog steeds in opkomst en er is een groot tekort aan goedkope huizen voor de arme bevolking, die nu in sloppenwijken wonen. Veel mensen in Buffalo City leven in erbarmelijke omstandigheden, met slechte toegang tot drinkwater, sanitair, elektriciteit en voorzieningen. …

To increase overall knowledge of housing, the experience of individual institutes needs to be shared with other zoos. To coordinate the exchange of knowledge on housing and husbandry between European zoos, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), was formed in 1992. EAZA set up Taxon Advisory …

Spatial planning has become contested ground in Dutch politics. After decades of a broadly shared belief in strategic spatial planning by central government and comprehensive planning by local and regional authorities, the balance of political thought has changed in recent years. The ministry of housing …

In order to be able to age in place, Dutch elderly are being housed in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) for over 25 years. Here they can live independently and rely on care and services. The physical scale of ALFs ranges from 30 up to 300 residents. This paper presents the findings of a multiple case …

The development of an integrated ethical or normative model to design housing for persons with impairments and diseases, focusing on older persons with dementia.

This chapter discusses the development of health impact assessment (HIA) in The Netherlands. HIA in The Netherlands began in the early 1990s and developed along two different lines: one shaped by the public health approach and the other stemming from the environmental field. Public health-based HIA evolved …

'Koe en boer on tour' is een rapportage van het onderzoek dat is gedaan in het kader van het realiseren van een bredere uitrol van het door Wageningen UR Livestock Research ontwikkelde innovatieprogramma Kracht van Koeien.

In opdracht van de onderzoeksgroep Smart Housing is onderzoek gedaan naar de werkomgeving die ZZP'ers zich wensen. De aanleiding voor het onderzoek is het gebrek aan kennis over ZZP'ers binnen het Hakagebouw. Het Hakagebouw wil naast de kleine organisaties die zij nu huisvest ook ZZP'ers huisvesten, …

In zoos there is a lack of space for old world monkeys as enclosures become bigger and more naturalistic, because of the advances in enclosure design. A potential solution is housing old world monkey species in mixed species exhibits. The main question to research this potential is: Which of the TAG …

The focus of my research is how Bartholomeus Guesthouse (BG), founded in 1407 by Willem van Abcoude, has organized care over more than 600 years for the elderly and elderly sick people in the Centre of Utrecht. After the reorganization of 1817 -by Royal Law- the 7 (9) Guesthouses were merged to one …