Botanical Dunes finds its connection within the Foreshore project, which is dedicated to generate new qualitative coastal tourism. Botanical Dunes ensures a turnaround in the destruction of the present Dutch Dune-scape. Active Architecture offers elements which will revitalize the Dune-scape of – Natura …

Om simulaties realistisch te maken moeten objecten in een virtuele omgeving stuk kunnen gaan. Dit kan behaald worden door destructability toe te voegen. Destructability beschrijft de wijze waarop een object kapot gaat. Er is onderzoek verricht naar het simuleren van destructability. Eerst is er gekeken …

The Convention on Biodiversity has developed the concept of ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘natural resources’ in order to describe ways in which humans benefit from healthy ecosystems. Biodiversity, conceived through the economic approach, was recognized to be of great social and economic value to both present …

Letting go of the firm or “my baby” as some entrepreneurs describe their creation, leads to a certain amount of stress (Rahim 1996, Kets de Vries 1999). Dealing with stress in singular events as the transfer of a business, is hardly been subject of research (Uy et al. 2012). Improving coping strategies …

Marktwerking is een prachtig mechanisme maar leidt ook wel eens tot het verlies van iets dierbaars.

The authors concentrate on the cooperation of organisations - from government and the market sector - to address cyber threats. They discern three network action models that respectively deal with organisations' routine wrestling to fight every day's attacks on digital systems, a possible disruption …

Het is niet de taak van een bedrijf om zoveel mogelijk werkgelegenheid te scheppen. In tegendeel. Bedrijven moeten zorgen dat ze zo min mogelijk mensen nodig hebben.

In this study we include personal war experiences in Duncan's path model of sta-tus attainment to answer the following research question: To what extent can personal war experiences explain the occupational status of Dutch people who experienced World War II? We expect that personal war experiences have …

The collapse of the Soviet Union meant the removal of the main adversary of NATO, and many believed that NATO had become obsolete given its original purpose of countering the Soviet communist threat. The end of the Cold War caused a debate about the future role and the necessity of the Alliance. It soon …