Background: Although the incidence of HIV/AIDS has decreased globally, it is on the rise in Eastern Europe. The primary mode of HIV transmission in the region is injecting drug use (IDU) due to the smuggling routes of Afghan heroin into Europe, which makes drugs widely available. The widespread sharing …

The urgency of analysing the case of female genital cutting (FGC) increases due to the globalisation of today’s world, enhancing multicultural societies dealing with benefits and challenges with respect to cultural differences. Generally, FGC originates from and is promoted as a highly valued cultural …

Background: The pressure in out-of-hours primary care is high due to an increasing demand for care and rising health-care costs. During the daytime, substituting general practitioners (GPs) with nurse practitioners (NPs) shows positive results to contribute to these challenges. However, there is a lack …

As the state retracts further in the Netherlands, the role of civil society increases. Only now the impact becomes visible due to changing arrangements in the social domain. Since enormous cuts in the welfare budgets have been implemented; creative innovations by civil initiatives are much needed to …

This paper addresses the following question: What is the current opinion and conception of ordinary Dutch people regarding the influx of refugees from the Middle East, and how can local government formulate a policy on this issue?

The research in this dissertation explores the social significance of local memory websites. Local memory websites offer local residents a platform where they collect and share memories about particular places or experiences in their neighbourhoods and districts. Following a systematic review and a broad …

The Compassberg Protected Environment (CPE) in South-Africa suffers severely from erosion in the form of gullies. Herbivory, bare soil, little water capture and lack of vegetation are the most important factors that contribute to erosion in the CPE. Grazing lawns are a vegetation type that is only found …

Design for a spa at the intersection of landscapes. With the sea level rise due to climate change, the traditional way of keeping the island save, by building dikes, will eventually become unaffordable. With farsightedness, twenty-five years ago an experiment with dynamic costal management was started …

Commissie van Zijl organiseerde gedurende de eerste helft van 2015 een serie bestuursconferenties waar het lectoraat bij betrokken was. Het lectoraat gaf vorm aan de werkgroep landbouw waarvan op 25 juni een presentatie gegeven werd.

Heechterp-Schieringen is a neighborhood in the east of Leeuwarden, which gained notoriety by topping the ‘’40 districts of Vogelaar’’ list. It has been the poorest district of the Netherlands for five years now, resulting in a very negative image. A neighborhood characterized by poverty, societal problems, …