Quality of life serves a reference against which you can measure the various domains of your own life or that of other individuals, and that can change over time. This definition of the World Health Organization encompasses many elements of daily living, including features of the individual and the environment …

Het team van het Healthy Urban Living Lab heeft samen met veel studenten van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam een Health Impact Assessment (HIA) uitgevoerd op de plannen voor het Bajes Kwartier. Dat is een groene, gezonde, duurzame Amsterdamse stadswijk die wordt gebouwd op het terrein van de voormalige Bijlmerbajes, …

Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …

#archtivism is a movement that strives for a world where the building industry positively impacts our society, economy and environment. To tackle the main challenges of this globalisation era, homogeneity and the climate crisis in particular, #archtivism introduces the Place Responsive Design Method, …

The International Societies of Exposure Science (ISES) and Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) proudly announce a joint conference “The built, natural, and social environments: impacts on exposures, health and well-being”. We aim at understanding the interactions between numerous and complex factors …

Across European cities local entrepreneurs are joining forces in new ways, forming collectives to stimulate business growth and innovation and to create a more attractive business environment. The value of such collectives is increasingly recognized by local governments and policy measures to stimulate …

Studies among people with dementia demonstrated that the sleep quality and rhythm improves significantly when people are exposed to ambient bright light. Since almost half of the healthy older people also indicate to suffer from chronic sleep disorders, the question arises whether ambient bright light …

Introduction The provision of active parks/public open space is the key factor in promoting active living, because people and specially low-income and elderlies are being more interested in doing non-organized/informal, and no-cost sports/physical activities in outdoor spaces in recent decades (Borgers …

“Waar moet een afwegingskader aan voldoen zodat het implementatie van ambities en doelstellingen voor de stimulatie van actieve en gezonde mobiliteit ondersteunt om een extra dimensie toe te voegen aan de opgaven rondom stedelijke mobiliteit?"

In dit afstudeeronderzoek wordt de vraag: ‘Met welke regeling kan het thema gezondheid in een omgevingsplan voor de gemeente Utrecht terecht komen?’ beantwoord. Het onderzoek gaat over wat gezondheid is bij de gemeente Utrecht en welk beleid daarvoor is opgesteld, op welke manier gezondheid wordt gewaarborgd …