Contemporary economical problems require new innovative solutions. The potential role of higher education (HE) as a change agent for regional sustainable development is investigated. Stakeholders from firms, education and government within an R&D Campus form Innovation Teams and Communities of Practices …

The European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) is an endemic, non-social, hibernating rodent, distributed through several Pan-European countries. Its habitat is semi-arid grass steppes and analogical man-made landscapes with short vegetation layers, such as meadows and golf courses. Since 1996, …

Business landscapes are changing at global, regional and sectoral levels as well as the social and ecological contexts. In order to understand what these changes are and how clusters are dealing with these, the research explores drivers of change and cluster dynamics using a Complex Adaptive Systems …

In this chapter it is argued that fundamental change in society is required, because environmental problems are serious and ask for a factor 10 or more shift in society, the resilience approach (as outlined in Chap. 2 ) implies change to higher resilience systems and current spatial planning is unable …

The question of how to design climate-resilient landscapes plays a major role in the European projects in which the green university has been involved, such as Future Cities and F:ACTS!. These are projects in which various European organizations, government authorities and universities have joined forces …

Groen zorgt voor een gezonde, leefbare, rendabele, schone en mooie stad, maar is ook economisch interessant voor de stad als vestigingsklimaat van bedrijven. In het Europese project Value (Valuing Attractive Landscapes in the Urban Economy) hebben tien partners van 2008 tot 2012 samengewerkt om bewijs …

These Proceedings gather the research works presented to the Conference “Diversity of Journalisms: Shaping Complex Media Landscapes”, held in Pamplona (Spain), the 4th and 5th of July, 2011. This event was co-organised by ECREA Journalism Studies Section and the School of Communication of the University …

De gebieden van Staatsbosbeheer worden jaarlijks door vele recreanten bezocht, echter wordt dit door Staatsbosbeheer te weinig financieel benut. Staatsbosbeheer beheert veel gebieden waar op veel manieren gerecreëerd kan worden, in vergelijking is het in de Biesbosch minder gemakkelijk recreëren. De …