Community-based nature management is becoming more common around the world. Non-governmental nature organisations in the Netherlands, such as Natuurmonumenten, are responding to this trend by setting up communities. Since Natuurmonumenten has limited experience in this respect, this study aimed to provide …

The focus of this research is to develop a new community-based ecotourism product for the Dutch tour operator Fair2. The company offers tours to several countries in Africa and Asia and focuses on benefitting the local communities, and to let the clients interact with the local cultures and the real …

This chapter discusses the efforts of community workers to obtain consent in local communities as a basis for taking action on issues that are affecting local people’s lives. Crucial here is that community workers resist the initial urge to settle for consensus and as a consequence limit the possibilities …

LGBT stands for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community. Currently there is no encompassing legislation for the LGBT community within the European Union. This means that in every member state there is different legislation when it comes to protection of the LGBT community, recognising same-sex …

Cordys is een wereldwijde leverancier van software voor het innoveren van bedrijfsprocessen. Vijf jaar geleden heeft Cordys een community opgericht, die is uitgegroeid tot een community met 7500 leden. De community richt zich op mensen die met het Cordys product werken, willen werken of geïnteresseerd …

In Community Art, visual and performing artists and theorists employ diverse modes of thinking and writing to explore the practices and concepts of the phenomenon of community art in western and non-western societies. The book does not offer a cut-and-dried theoretical model, but presents a new critical …

Many factors combined together affect the health of individuals and communities. These factors can, in a negative way, exclude them from doing what they wish, want or need to do. These are often not individual themes, and therefore should be addressed through community development. The overall aim of …

The main aim is to present the evaluation of a community-based approach in designing an intervention to promote active living in two neighborhoods in Groningen. The main question is, how can involving community in design process of an intervention have impact on the level of physical activities and the …