Large numbers of sport events are hosted every year, also in the Netherlands. These events all have some sort of impact on their host region, whether it is negative or positive. Multiple evaluation techniques such as the calculation of the economic impact are developed to determine this impact. However, …

In this article the authors will describe how certain non-traditional means and methods could be used to undermine a military’s capacity to respond effectively to an emerging threat. They will do so by focussing on the Netherlands and showing how some of its specific (non-military) vulnerabilities may …

Het onderzoeksrapport is geschreven om een beter inzicht te krijgen in de mogelijkheden de draagkracht te vergroten op met name (groene) parkeer- en/of manifestatieterreinen in gebieden met slappe ondergrond.

This research was carried out to investigate the main requirements of exhibitors and sponsors concerning a regional equestrian fair. One new open air exhibition named "Pferd & Freizeit" will be launched for the first time in July 2010 in Dülmen. Because exhibitors and sponsors are needed to ensure the …

This bachelor thesis investigates how the organization Zwolle International can innovate on the program to maintain the subsidy of the municipality Zwolle, which is one of the largest sponsors for this equine event. In a letter the municipality states the program is not innovative enough. In three ways, …

On the basis of an empirical analysis of the recent emergence, spread and transformation of No Holds Barred fighting contests, it is argued that Norbert Elias's model of sportization provides a fruitful but insufficiently differentiated framework for understanding the development of sports and sport-like …