The average age of the population is gradually increasing in most Western countries. Therefore, the population over 65 is no longer in proportion to the working population. Some causes are a decrease in birth rates over the past decades and an increase in life expectancy. This can have consequences …

Many companies have included social media features in their corporate intranets to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing, and to improve internal communications. Since November 2013 Rabobank International(RI) has launched their new worldwide social intranet, Meeting point. However, like in many …

A recent European Commission report revealed the discrepancies in e-health adoption amongst older people between various European countries (Kubitschke, 2010). Uptake rates, in terms of the percentage of people aged over 65 using e-health technologies, differ for example, for social alarms between around …

In de Natuurvisie wordt een beeld gegeven van het natuurgebied de Kamerikse Nessen, de ontwikkelingen die het heeft door gemaakt en de weg die Natuurmonumenten met het gebied wil ingaan voor de komende 18 jaar. Deze Natuurvisie is de eerste Natuurvisie die voor de Kamerikse Nessen speciaal geschreven …

Dit gebiedsonderzoek is verricht om een duidelijke ontwikkelingsrichting voor de Groene Jonker op te stellen voor de komende 18 jaar. Het gebied is relatief klein met 107 hectare, maar geniet nationale bekendheid vanwege zeldzame broedvogelpopulaties en wordt druk bezocht door vogelaars. Om de natuurwaarden …

Objective: To use a qualitative approach to examine the perceptions of policy makers, general dental practitioners, dental hygienists, dental students and dental hygiene students in the Netherlands following the introduction of a direct access policy in 2006. Methods: Semi-structured interviews and focus …

STS and Energy, Lisbon 2013 Historical buildings are an important source of local identity and form a connection to our past. It is a EU policy objective to conserve and redesign heritage buildings like prisons, military barracks, factories, stations, and schools. Such redesign should also ensure reduction …

For the purpose of good and trustworthy management information for the government, our research institute has built a data space system that makes it possible to periodically monitor data flows within as well as between organizations of the justice domain. The aim of this system is to get insight into …

Until recently, we separated farmers and urban communities. Each had their own ministries, policy plans, cultures, knowledge and education institutes and even political parties. Now we accept that this division is gone in the Netherlands. Rural areas ceased to exist, and urbanity was found everywhere. …