This case study focuses on the experienced value, operative elements and tensions of the intervention Local support agency LFB. Supported by a coach and a training program people with mild intellectual disability (ID) are working as and being trained to be peer experts in the local community. This qualitative …

De Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN en de Wageningen Universiteit (WUR) hebben opdracht gekregen van de Provincie Gelderland en de Gemeente Nijmegen om onderzoek te doen naar de invloed van stadslogistiek op de leefbaarheid in de binnenstad. Hiervoor is voornamelijk onderzoek gedaan tijdens de …

We apply the capability approach to understand the scope and limitations of community efforts to support older adults dwelling in integrated service areas (ISAs) in the Netherlands. An ISA is a neighborhood-based form of care organization aimed at the widening of opportunities to achieve well-being goals …

Food and the city has never been a more urgent theme than today, and The European Union’s priority to commit to innovation in this field will certainly enhance its economic and external strength and improve its competitive position in the world of food and life sciences. Europea Netherlands held a seminar …

Urban flooding and thermal stress have become key issues for many cities around the world. With the continuing effects of climate change, these two issues will become more acute and will add to the serious problems already experienced in dense urban areas. Therefore, the sectors of public health and …

Begin 2015 werd Yasmeen Dad, een 25-jarige Pakistaanse vrouw die woonde in Rotterdam, om het leven gebracht door haar echtgenoot. Na een vluchtpoging werd Yasmeen vermist en later vermoord gevonden in de bossen bij Drenthe. Yasmeen was een voorbeeld van wat een verborgen vrouw wordt genoemd. Een verborgen …

Urban flooding has become a key issue for many cities around the world. With the continuing effects of climate change, this will become more acute and will add to the serious problems already experienced in dense urban areas. Therefore several international stakeholders are in the need of tools that …

Triggered by recent flood catastrophes and increasing concerns about climate change, scientists as well as policy-makers increasingly call for making long-term water policies to enable a transformation towards flood resilience. A key question is how to make these long-term policies adaptive so that they …

Bij Zilveren Kruis Achmea is een onderzoek uitgevoerd om een architecturale manier te vinden om gebruikerservaring van de Zilveren Kruis websites te verbeteren, waarbij een doelarchitectuur en migratieplan zijn opgeleverd. De businesswensen van de websites zijn: • Verbeterde performance, zodat gebruikers …

The work we will be discussing here explores how government, industry, the university, and the citizens of a city can arrive through a participatory design approach at an increased and mutual understanding and a shared vision of a desired smart city of the future. Elaborating upon insights from transition …