Countless small businesses struggle on a daily basis with gaining a healthy level of brand awareness and customer retention. Many of these businesses face bankruptcy or high staff turnover due to the larger chains and franchises having a higher budget and more accessibility to certain resources. While …

Urban delta areas require innovative and adaptive urban developments to face problems related with land scarcity and impacts of climate change and flooding. Floating structures offer the flexibility and multi-functionality required to efficiently face these challenges and demands. The impact of these …

The quality of the built environment can impact the quality of life and the sense of home of nursing home residents. This study investigated (1) which factors in the physical and social environment correlate with the sense of home of the residents and (2) which environmental factors are most meaningful. …

Both connectivity and accessibility are important for regional development. Places and communities need to be connected in order to be part of the wider economy, and people need to have access to places, other communities and labour markets to fully participate in society. In contemporary society, not …

This report uses experience gained during the EU Interreg IVB project ITRACT and shares transnational learning on how to deploy IT-based solutions as part of Smart Specialisation Strategies, for example, while creating answers to societal challenges. ITRACT concentrates on rural areas, where the availability …

This paper relies on knowledge gained from ITRACT (Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies), an Interreg IVB project in the North Sea Region. We will show how digital innovation to promote mobility and accessibility in rural areas is limited by poor data infrastructure …

Movie: Results of the project Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies. This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund within the Interreg IVB North Sea Region Programme.

Smart specialisation in rural areas.Presentation end conference ITRACT: Ambition of the project: ICT solutions for improving transport and accessibility of rural areas.

Donderdag 5 februari 2015 vond de eindconferentie plaats van het project ITRACT: Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies, als onderdeel van het Europese Interreg North Sea Region Programme. 16 partners uit Noorwegen, Zweden, Duitsland, Groot-Brittannië en Nederland …

Accessibility and connectivity are essential for livability and economic growth throughout the world. Improving the accessibility of physical transport is important for achieving the social and economic inclusion of rural areas. In reality, rural areas lag behind with respect to physical accessibility …