In Amsterdam, just like in 87 % of all municipalities in the Netherlands, integrated neighbourhood teams have been installed as an answer to the reform of the welfare state. During the last decade, the social domain has gone through its strongest change since 1945. Transitions by new national acts and …

Background: Since 2000, the prevalence of recreational nitrous oxide (N 2O) use has increased in the Western world. Although N 2O is a relatively safe drug, the overall increase in the use of N 2O has concomitantly also initiated a modest but important increase in the number of young excessive users. …

Antenne Gooi en Vechtstreek brengt jaarlijks het gebruik van alcohol, tabak, cannabis en andere drugs in de regio in kaart. Dat gebeurt op basis van een combinatie van kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve methoden: interviews met een panel van deskundigen, een survey (vragenlijsten) en een analyse van uitslagen …

Campuses are increasingly positioning themselves as attractive locations for businesses. This research studies how this plays out in Amsterdam. We conclude that there is currently much fragmentation in efforts to position the campus landscape as business location, and provide some policy recommendations …

It is assumed by the projects demonstrating Positive Energy District (PED) concepts in cities across Europe that citizens should want and need to be involved in the development of new energy concepts, such as PEDs for these concepts to be deployed successfully. Six different PED research and innovation …

A major challenge for disaster scholars and policymakers is to understand the power dimension in response networks, particularly relating to collaboration and coordination. We propose a conceptual framework to study interests and negotiations in and between various civic and professional, response networks …

Wie maakt zich druk om ons dagelijks eten? Het agro-foodsysteem zorgt voor goedkoop voedsel in de schappen. Tegenwoordig wordt minder dan tien procent van inkomen aan eten besteedt maar… deze zekerheid is aan het wegvallen. Voedsel wordt in toenemende mate geassocieerd met overgewicht, klimaatverandering, …