Climate change and changing land use challenge the livability and flood safety of Dutch cities. One option cities have to become more climate-proof is to increase infiltration of stormwater into soil through permeable pavement and thus reduce discharge of stormwater into sewer systems. To analyze the …

This bachelor thesis analyzes the possible explanations for the disparity in the rate of food waste among Dutch and Canadian consumers. Its goal is to find concrete reasons about the differences in food systems in both countries, not attack Canadian consumers and imply that the disparity is caused solely …

De HvA heeft voor de periode 2018-2021 ‘aansluitgelden’ van OCW ontvangen om de aansluiting van vo en mbo met het hoger onderwijs te verbeteren. Het HvA-netwerk aansluiting dat toen is opgestart, heeft diverse projecten uitgevoerd. Met dit praktijkonderzoek wordt in kaart gebracht welke aansluitingsprojecten …

To decrease the environmental impact that the textile industry is responsible for, new materials are constantly being innovated. However, there is a forgotten fiber that was eliminated by the American government and big companies who wanted to push the cotton and synthetic fiber industry forward almost …

Renewable energy systems are a crucial technological development needed to combat climate change. This thesis covers the design and implementation of a mathematical optimization model, which calculates the lowest cost of hydrogen for certain renewable energy system configurations. The output of the model …

More than 25!years after Moore’s first introduction of the public value concept in 995, the concept is now widely used, but its operationalization is still considered difficult. This paper presents the empirical results of a study analyzing the application of the public value concept in Higher Education …

More than three decades after the fall of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the expected triumph of the liberal democracy did not prove to be a straightforward phenomenon. The post-communist states entered the process of democratization with the plan of reuniting with their Western …

To elucidate how authoritative knowledge is established for better dealing with unstructured urban problems, this article describes how collaborations between researchers and officials become an instrument for conceptualizing and addressing policy problems. A case study is used to describe a research …

The goals of this paper are to contribute: • To science by analyzing PV from an accounting perspective • To practice through research on struggles and solutions in practice Being of value for the public is one of the goals for HEI Public value for HEI is not clearly defined yet Especially for outcome …

Purpose More than 25 years after the first introduction of the public value concept by Moore in 1995, the concept is now widely used, but the operationalization of public value accounting is still weak. This paper shows empirical results of a study analyzing the application of the public value concept …