In the last decade, the number of local energy initiatives (LEIs) has increased in western European countries. Although several success factors and barriers in the development of LEIs have been studied by other scholars, there has been limited scholarly interest in the overall impact of LEIs so far. …

Toukomst (Gronings voor toekomst) maakt deel uit van Nationaal Programma Groningen (NPG), het nationale investeringsprogramma voor de provincie Groningen. Burgerparticipatie vormt de kern van het Toukomstproject dat de inwoners van Groningen uitnodigt om mee te bouwen aan de toekomst van de provincie. …

Introduction The Netherlands is changing from a welfare to a participation society in which citizens themselves are responsible for their health. However, this is not accessible to every citizen, resulting in an increase in marginalized vulnerable groups, often with a migrant background with problems …

This paper presents a proof of concept for monitoring masonry structures using two different types of markers which are not easily noticeable by human eye but exhibit high reflection when subjected to NIR (near-infrared) wavelength of light. The first type is a retroreflective marker covered by a special …

European clothing consumption has increased dramatically in recent decades, leading to a current average of 26 kg of textiles annually purchased per capita (EEA, 2019). While garments (and most of clothing’s environmental impacts) are produced in other parts of the world, European municipalities face …

Samenvatting In februari 2020 is contact opgenomen met regioarcheoloog Maarten Wispelwey in het kader van een afstudeeropdracht voor de opleiding archeologie op Saxion Hogeschool te Deventer. Na een aantal gesprekken is uiteindelijk een afstudeeropdracht geformuleerd: een draaiboek voor het Erfgoed …

There is a clear demand for a collaborative knowledge-sharing by online climate adaptation platforms that contribute to (inter)national knowledge exchange and raising awareness about climate change. Climate adaptation platforms (CAPs) can contain decision-support tools to facilitate the process of decision-making, …

Dit opdrachtgever van dit afstudeerrrapport is Wiebo Lamain, van het Lectoraat Communication, Behaviour & The Sustainable Society van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Energiecoöperaties spelen een belangrijke rol in de energietransitie, doordat ze duurzame initiatieven van bewoners ondersteunen. In …

The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) encourages water managers to implement active stakeholder involvement to achieve sustainable water management. However, the WFD does not describe in detail how member states should operationalize participation. The need for local experience and local …