This applied research project aims to generate a better understanding of the effects of heatwaves on vulnerable population groups in the municipality of The Hague, and suggests ways in which the municipality can help such groups to cope with these heatwaves. The research was performed as a cooperation …

Almere is a green city where the greenery extends into the centre through a framework of nature, forests, parks and canals. With this green environment, Almere fulfils an important condition for a liveable city, where it is pleasant to live and work. An important goal for the municipality is to challenge …

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Christian van Someren en Ruud Welling hebben een presentatie verzorgd over Nul op de Trafo in de Houtlaan in Assen. De volgende presentatie ging over Making City, steps towards a ‘positive energy district’ in Hoogkerk en werd verzorgd door Ifigeneia Psarra (Hanzehogeschool) (in English).

People during this Covid-19 year were forced to spend more time at home due to the lockdown and extreme weather conditions. Before the crisis, people already spent approximately 90 percent of their time indoors and relied on nearby public outdoor spaces for social and physical activities to maintain …

Distribution centres are becoming more and more relevant for spatial planning, due to their rapidly increasing size and number. There is little literature, however, that provides a generalized analysis of the size and functional attributes of distribution centres, and none that discusses the relationships …

The purpose of the Business Model Template (BMT) is to help you turn your idea into a viable project or organization. To illustrate this, two real-life case studies are offered in this chapter. Firstly, the KipCaravan project, which is a mobile home—a caravan—for chickens. It involves low-scale egg production …

In this report, the impact of COVID-19 on small physical retail stores in Utrecht is analysed, and what this impact means for the current and future outlook of high street real estate in city centre of Utrecht.

In deze studie komen twee belangrijke actuele opgaven van stedelijke ontwikkeling samen. Enerzijds de zoektocht naar alternatieve planningsaanpakken, die – in tegenstelling tot de planmatige aanpakken geënt op stadsuitbreiding – beter kunnen omgaan met de uitdagingen van stedelijke inbreiding, ook wel …

Background: The prescription of physical activity (PA) in clinical care has been advocated worldwide. This “exercise is medicine” (E=M) concept can be used to prevent, manage, and cure various lifestyle-related chronic diseases. Due to several challenges, E=M is not yet routinely implemented in clinical …