Marine spatial planning (MSP) was developed as a place-based, integrated marine governance approach to address sectoral and fragmented management issues and has seen significant evolvement over the past two decades. MSP has rapidly become the most commonly endorsed management regime for sustainable development …

Basic motor competencies (BMC) are a prerequisite for children to be physically active, participate in sports and thus develop a healthy, active lifestyle. The present study provides a broad screening of BMC and associations with age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and extracurricular physical activity (PA) …

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Cross-border commuting might be a way to improve an efficient allocation of labour resources, improve the economic performance of border regions and reduce economic and territorial inequality. This study explores the impact of a set of socio-economic, infrastructural or cultural explanatory variables …

The second demographic transition is all around. However, in certain regions in the Northern Netherlands the aging of the population is accelerated as a result of unbalanced population decline. Even though sometimes population in these declining areas increases, caused by temporary development (shortage …

OBJECTIVES: To explore the perceived working mechanisms of psychosomatic therapy according to patients with persistent somatic symptoms (PSS) and their psychosomatic therapists. DESIGN: Qualitative study using semistructured face-to-face interviews and focus groups. All interviews were audiorecorded, …

Global issues, including the current pandemic and ongoing climate change, shape voluntary and forced international migration flows in inequitable ways. Anti-immigrant discourses in the Global North seek to capitalize on public concerns about border control. Meanwhile, the greatest immigration challenges …

How societies respond to the challenges of human migration is one of the most morally defining and socioeconomically consequential policy decisions of our time. As anti-immigrant parties across the Global North seek to capitalize on public concerns about immigrant inclusion and border control, immigration …

Voor u ligt de eindrapportage van het project Transforming Regions dat binnen het zogenaamde ESTRAC-project is uitgevoerd. ESTRAC staat voor Energy Transition Centre, een langlopend (2017-2021) publiek-private samenwerking tussen Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, TNO, New Energy …

In contrast to common believe, evidence shows that the Dutch economy does not depend on the state of the German business cycle. An analysis of annual GDP growth data on different geographical levels (country, province, regions) reveals only very limited correlation between the economic growth in the …