Energy efficiency has gained a lot of prominence in recent debates on urban sustainability and housing policy due to its potential consequences for climate change. At the local, national and also international level, there are numerous initiatives to promote energy savings and the use of renewable energy …

Emeritus hoogleraar André Thomsen, ook wel de renovatieprofessor genoemd, rekent bij zijn lezingen altijd voor dat woningen gemiddeld ten minste honderd jaar mee moeten. Dit zou betekenen dat de woningvoorraad uit de jaren zestig ten minste de jaren 2060 moet meemaken. Gaat dat lukken en welke waarden …

Reducing recidivism of individual offenders usually is a multifaceted task. Behavioural interventions, based on the ‘what works principles’ go along with interventions in the domains of education, work, housing and social networks. An integrative approach seems to improve the effectiveness of rehabilitation. …

Since the eighties, Dutch residents of care homes have been housed in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) in order to age in place and live with higher social quality of housing. Scale, group mix and social quality of housing of these ALFs has not yet been explored. Initiators decide on experience and …

During the past years a lot of research has been done on measuring and analyzing the stated and re-vealed preferences of house buyers, in order to develop so called new product market combinations for the housing market. It has become clear from these studies that the choice of a house buyer for a cer-tain …

Social work organizations, research institutions, government agencies and housing associations are partners in many urban redevelopment programmes. Combining the interests of these organizations can be an interesting management challenge, and developing information systems to suit the combined information …

Abstract for the International Federation on Ageing 10th Global Conference "Climate for Change. Ageing into the Future". Melbourne, Australia, 3-6 May 2010

The aims of this study are first of all to investigate the reasons for choosing group or individual housing of horses. Moreover the study should give an overview about the opinions of horse owners on the concept of group housing and its advantages / disadvantages.

Purpose In order to facilitate ageing-in-place (AiP) with dementia, a digital consultancy tool (DCT) was designed to facilitate modifications to the home environment. In the Netherlands, about 65% of the 270,000 older adults with dementia live in their own dwelling. At the same time, 40% of the Dutch …

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