This study addresses the challenges facing the City of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, in adapting to climate changes and reducing the effects of flash floods. Praia is highly vulnerable to these extreme weather events, due to its volcanic scenery, uncontrolled urbanization, and insufficient infrastructure, …

Reflections on a collaborative effort between engineering, social sciences, and residence in a seismic strengthening experiment in Krewerd, provincie of Groningen in the Netherlands.

The future of age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC) needs to adapt and be more agile to the changing needs of residents of all ages. The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing ‘the Decade' provides a unique opportunity to further strengthen age-friendly environments. The Decade brings together governments, …

The objective of this chapter is to give insight in marine governance challenges, illustrated by Arctic shipping. To do this, this chapter presents a theory of marine governance as reflexive institutionalization, in which the structural properties of marine governance arrangements are (re)produced in …

Workers are an important factor in the implementation of a construction project. Applying ergonomic postures for workers in the projects is necessary to minimize the risk of work accidents and the risk of experiencing musculoskeletal disorders (MsDs). The use of lightweight brick for wall construction …

Het betreft een participatief actieonderzoek naar Poolse gezinnen in Nederland. Er kwamen steeds meer meldingen bij Veilig Thuis over geweld/onveiligheid in Poolse gezinnen. We hebben via participatief actieonderzoek met jeugdprofessionals en netwerkfiguren onderzocht wat Nederlandse jeugdprofessionals …

Te gast zijn Marije Kesselring en Dorien Graas, onderzoeker en lector bij verschillende jeugdlectoraten, met wie ik spreek over het thema de pedagogische basis. Marije deed promotieonderzoek naar de Pedagogical Civil Society, een begrip dat haar promotor Mischa de Winter eerder al had geïntroduceerd …

As a full company, with corresponding overhead costs, the average cost to hire a designer working for Witteveen + Bos is €90 per hour. In comparison, an experienced self employed designer working from home with a yearly income of €100.000 will do the same job for roughly €60 to €70 per hour (€100.000 …

In Ede zijn er nogal wat organisaties die zijn opgezet vanuit religieuze inspiratie met activiteiten die bijdragen aan de opbouw van de samenleving. Soms worden die gesubsidieerd. Dan ontstaat er samenwerking tussen lokaal bestuur en levensbeschouwelijke organisaties. In dit onderzoek wordt de samenwerking …

Recalling that a majority of those who need assistive technology do not have access to it, and that this has a significant impact on the education, livelihood, health and well-being of individuals, and on families, communities and societies, Member States adopted a resolution on Improving access to assistive …