Quality of life serves a reference against which you can measure the various domains of your own life or that of other individuals, and that can change over time. This definition of the World Health Organization encompasses many elements of daily living, including features of the individual and the environment …

The Knowledge Centre NoorderRuimte conducts practice-oriented research into the built environment in the Northern Netherlands. In Oldambt, a region in the northeast of the province Groningen, it was observed that the current demographic, behavioural and economic development causes a low business succession …

In het project Koppelkansen hebben inwoners van Appingedam, Kantens, Stitswerd en Loppersum meegedacht over hoe de versterkingsoperatie kan worden benut voor de verduurzaming van de huizen. Het project werd geleid door twee onderzoekers van het Kenniscentrum Noorder- Ruimte (Hanzehogeschool Groningen), …

INAUGURAL LECTURE The world is in disarray. Species are extinct, climates are changing, we are becoming unhealthier. To liberate ourselves from this doom scenario we need to take care of ourselves and our environment. The solutions of former generations offer no future solace. Moreover, these caused …

Gezonde GebouwenHet lectoraat Facility Management van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen levert een belangrijke bijdrage aan de verdere professionalisering van het praktijkgericht onderzoek naar de gebouwde omgeving in Nederland. Daarvoor wordt multidisciplinair en ontwerpgericht onderzoek gedaan. Altijd op …

Teachers and students need good learning environments to perform well. In this study, it is pre-supposed that the spatial properties of classrooms are important facilitators of the educational process. Ideally, school buildings in general and classrooms in particular should influence the educational …

ABSTRACT: Local homebuyers in the Groningen earthquake region Ir. Hieke T. van der Kloet Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen Research Centre for Built Environment NoorderRuimte h.t.van.der.kloet@pl.hanze.nl 0031-50-595-2015 The earthquakes after the natural gas extraction in the Groningen …

This booklet holds a collection of drawings, maps, schemes, collages, artistic impressions etc. which were made by students during an intense design moment in the project (re)CYCLE Limburg, which took place in December 2016. Students of Built Environment, Facility Management, Social Work and Health & …

I was somewhat surprized with the fog in Groningen upon my arrival. This is not the fog that covers the beautiful landscapes of the northern Netherlands in the evening and in the early morning. No… It is the fog that obscures the real aspects of the earthquake problem in the region and is crystallised …

In 2014 hebben de gemeenten Bellingwedde en Vlagtwedde (provincie Groningen) het keurmerk Cittaslow toegekend gekregen. De ambities ten aanzien van Cittaslow Westerwolde hebben beide gemeenten vastgelegd in een visiedocument. Vanaf 2015 heeft de nadruk gelegen op het werven van supporters. In 2017 heeft …