In bilingual streams in the Netherlands, school subjects are taught in an additional language so that pupils learn both subject content and the target language by using language meaningfully. Teachers of English in bilingual streams (TEBs) are often expected to collaborate with subject teacher colleagues …

The North Sea is one of the busiest seas. Many users are competing with each other for the limited space. It is likely to become even more crowded in the future. However, not much is yet known of the conflicts that play between these users. The objective of this graduation thesis was to explore the potential …

The Dominican Republic (DR) is home to a wide variety of ecosystems and environmental assets, from flourishing tropical rainforests to arid deserts, and from the highest mountain in the Caribbean to a lake that lies 42 meters below sea level. This has caused tourism development to be of national interest. …

Elk dorp en elke stad heeft een kloppend hart nodig. Een plaats om te ontmoeten, te ontspannen en om geld uit te geven. Het is het visitekaartje, maar ook een belangrijke werkgever. Die economische functie staat de laatste jaren onder druk. Winkelketens gaan failliet, panden staan leeg, straten worden …

Nederlandse binnensteden bevinden zich als gevolg van diverse trends – klimaat, maatschappij, demografie, economie en technologie – in een dynamisch en complex transitieproces. Deze transitie moet door samenwerkende en betrokken private en publieke stakeholders uit de binnenstad worden gemanaged om zodoende …

This research involves the development of the City Scan methodology to measure, map, scan and assess different parameters that together give insight in the vulnerability of urban areas and neighborhoods. Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable for climate change and there is an urgent need to become …

There is a clear demand for collaborative, knowledge sharing tools for urban resilienceprojects. Climatescan is an interactive, web-based map application for international knowledge exchange on ‘blue-green’ projects around the globe. The tool was applied during the Adaptation Futures & The Water Institute …

There is an urgency for developing methods that are capable of monitoring water systems that are fast changing due to climate change and increase of anthropogenic pressure. Updated and real-time detailed data is necessary to support water and soil management strategies. This study evaluates the implementations …

Met stakeholders van de woningcoöperatie Beter Wonen is de We-Energy Game gespeeld en een aanvullende presentatie verzorgd door Frank Pierie. Tijdens deze uitgebreide sessie met discussie waren 40 deelnemers aanwezig. Het doel was om de bewustwording omtrent de energietransitie te vergroten onder de …

Safety investigations fall under the typical definition of a project since they have definite start and end dates and offer a specific end-product, meaning the safety recommendations which must be considered by the respective stakeholders as a means to improve the safety of daily operations. The scope …