This doctoral dissertation aims to address the challenges faced by physical education (PE) teachers in building an inclusive learning environment that promotes a physically active lifestyle among secondary school students. Although existing research offers useful empirical insights into addressing this …

Van praktijk naar college en weer terug. Floris Boogaard en Piet Zijlstra (Hanzehogeschool Groningen) en Oscar Kunst (Stichting RIONED)In veel onderzoeken worden praktijkmetingen gedaan aan klimaatadaptatie met studenten van mbo, hbo en wo (doorlopende leerlijnen). We zetten de voorbeelden op een rij …

Densely populated areas are major sources of air, soil and water pollution. Agriculture, manufacturing, consumer households and road traffic all have their share. This is particularly true for the country featured in this paper: the Netherlands. Continuous pollution of the air and soil manifests itself …

''Heritage buildings are often subjected to loading conditions that they were not exposed to in their earlier life span. Induced earthquakes in non-seismic regions caused by energy exploitation activities, or strains in the ground that are caused by the climate changes, are new phenomena that alter the …

Abstract: Climate change is related with weather extremes, which may cause damages to infrastructure used by freight transport services. Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding and damage to railway lines, roads and inland waterways. Extreme drought may lead to extremely low water levels, which prevent …

Begin 2022 schreef Claudia Bouwens een blog over doorgroeibare verharding en beheer. Deze blog werd goed gelezen en maakte veel reacties los.Als vervolg hierop is een KAN themagroep opgericht rond detaillering en beheer van waterdoorlatende bestrating, doorgroeibare bestrating en andere nieuwe civiele/groene …

Within European cities, entrepreneurs engage in private and public collaborative initiatives that work towards reducing local solid waste streams (Futurium, 2019). Furniture and interior design products account for nearly 50% of these waste streams, making them a key priority on the EU agenda to prevent …

There are over 1400 age-friendly cities and communities worldwide, and the efforts to create a better quality of life for older people progressively intersect with sustainability goals. The intentions and behaviours concerning sustainability among older are, however, not yet well understood. Therefore, …

While the optimal mean annual temperature for people and nations is said to be between 13 °C and 18 °C, many people live productive lives in regions or countries that commonly exceed this temperature range. One such country is Australia. We carried out an Australia-wide online survey using a structured …

The Living Labs Greater Rotterdam and Greater Amsterdam are the real life urban laboratories and test beds of the RED&BLUE transdisciplinary knowledge agenda and impact program. The RED&BLUE research program focusses on the development of integrated real estate and infrastructure climate risk strategies …