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 …

De dorpsvereniging van Westerbroek legt ieder 10 jaar wensen en verwachtingen van inwoners ten aanzien van de leefbaarheid van hun leefomgeving vast in een dorpsvisie om er vervolgens -waar mogelijk- ook mee aan de slag te gaan. Dit jaar -2023- is de laatste Dorpsvisie 2012-2022 aan opvolging toe door …

In the last two decades, co-creation and social innovation have become important concepts in academic research and public policy. The two concepts are conceptually linked, but this relationship has hardly been problematized in academic literature. In addition, social innovation and especially co-creation …

Onder de paraplu van meerjarig Participatief Actie Onderzoek vindt samen met inwoners van de herstructureringswijk Noorderpark (Hoogezand)op meerdere manieren onderzoek plaats naar de leefbaarheid van de wijk in relatie tot hun eigen welzijn. In het eerste deelonderzoek (Ubels, 2022) hebben inwoners …

Few studies on residential mobility of ageing adults to rural areas have investigated which of them buy a home in a rural risk area. This paper examines which socio-demographic characteristics, housing attributes and earthquake circumstances influence the actual choice of mid-to-later life adults to …

This qualitative study examined how the complex institutional context of gas extraction in Groningen affects relations and processes of trust, and seeks to better understand what is necessary for restoring trust. In the Groningen gas case, responsibilities for dealing with multiple negative consequences …

At first glance, Public Sector Innovation (PSI) Labs are gaining prominence within academic literature, the European Union (EU) and beyond. However, because of the relative newness and conceptual ambiguity of this concept, the exact contribution of these labs to theory and practice is still unclear. …