The textile trading system is based on the ‘take-make-use-dispose’ linear economic model: as high amounts of resources are utilized at low costs, the final products become waste after being used for a only short period. This creates an unbalanced system that has to change. A circular economy model can …

Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change, and there is an urgent need to make them more resilient. This research involves the development of a climate adaptation tool to measure and map different parameters that provide insight into the vulnerability of urban areas. The Climatescan …

With French domestic consumption declining for more than 10 years, small winegrowers need to look beyond the French market to ensure the development of small wineries. However, the Loire region is unable to export, as only 20% of production is exported. Moreover, the small winegrowers of the Loire cannot …

This report describes the development of a document recognition service. Goal of the service is the recognition of “Muster 4” prescriptions, as an extension for the HMM Deutschland GmbH product DeTouro. A detailed analysis has been conducted, based on which a number of requirements have been defined. …

Research about design cognition acknowledges the importance of knowledge about exiting solutions. Designers tend to employ solution oriented thinking strategies; they generate idea’s starting from initial solutions - called primary generators; they are known to rely on episodic knowledge and precedent …

The theoretical framework of this dissertation is based on Amartya Sen’s capability approach (Chapter 2). In the early 1980s, development economist Amartya Sen developed the capability framework as a broad normative framework for the evaluation and assessment …

The Netherlands is generally regarded as a bürgerliche Gesellschaft disinclined to violent behaviour. A society that, moreover, had escaped the Urkatastrophe of 1914–1918, which had shocked and shaped Europe so profoundly. To explain the relatively peaceful nature of the Dutch society and its non-military …

Recent economic crises, environmental problems and social challenges have urged us to drastically change our consumption and production patterns and transform organisations to contribute to socio-technical transitions that positively impact these challenges. Therefore, sustainable development and the …

Dit verslag bevat een omschrijving van de ontwikkeling van een applicatie die visuele weergave geeft van een simulatie van het ERTMS HL3 systeem met de mCRL2 taal en toolkit. De ontwikkeling van deze applicatie wordt uitgevoerd als afstudeeropdracht en is in opdracht van ProRail B.V. De opdracht is …

This graduation report provides a method for developing a 3D product configurator on the web. It achieves this by applying Lean Startup Methodology, defining (non) functional requirements, and providing an example of a suitable technology stack. The report adresses critical challenges that were encountered …