The demand for assistive technology is expected to rise alongside the increasing care needs of aging populations. Ambient intelligence, particularly context awareness, offers potential benefits in addressing challenges faced by the healthcare system. In dementia care, context awareness can facilitate …

This chapter “Sustainable City Logistics” explores how cities are transitioning toward more efficient, low-emission, and multimodal logistics systems. Traditional urban freight has long depended on vans and trucks, which, while essential, contribute significantly to congestion, emissions, and noise. …

A summary of: Regional differences in Chinese consumers' product purchase criteria and evaluation of Chinese versus Western brands, Asia Pacific International Journal of Marketing, May 2026, Emerald, DOI: 10.1108/apjml-09-2025-2024.

This paper presents case-based insights into the institutional and technical integration of local multi-commodity energy systems, focusing on electricity, hydrogen, and heat within the industrial cluster of Groningen Sea Ports in the Netherlands. A local market clearing platform, trading agents representing …

This study systematically reviews the evolution, present focus, and future potential of floating ports/ harbours within the wider maritime industry. Using a bigram-based search strategy across Scopus and Web of Science, 884 relevant publications were identified, of which 140 directly addressed floating …

Door burgers geleide initiatieven op het gebied van hernieuwbare energie kunnen een belangrijke motor zijn voor lokale energietransities.Dit evenement brengt interdisciplinaire inzichten uit het bedrijfsleven, de economie en de rechtswetenschap samen om maatschappelijke organisaties, lokale overheden …