This paper explores how residents of Helmond Brandevoort, a neotraditional neighbourhood in the Netherlands, socially construct a 'classed' place identity and what role the historicised architecture plays within that process. Given that place identity is constructed through social and cultural practices, …

Existing research on the recognition of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) from simple sensor networks assumes that only a single person is present in the home. In real life there will be situations where the inhabitant receives visits from family members or professional health care givers. In such cases …

“Hoe kan de Oude IJssel in de toekomst leefbaar blijven voor de inwoners?” Dit was de centrale vraag van het masterplan. Er zijn drie zones met een eigen karakter en focus te onderscheiden: - Grootschalig werklandschap - Woon- en werklandschap - Rivierenlandschap. Het structuurplan is gepositioneerd …

De Maashorst is een natuurgebied in Noord-Brabant gelegen tussen Oss, Uden en Zeeland. Het is ruim 3000ha groot en bestaat uit twee delen. Terrasvlakte Herperduin en de feitelijke Maashorst. Herperduin en de Maashorst bestaan uit een afwisselend heideontginningslandschap van naald- en loofbossen, landbouwenclaves, …

Throughout Europe cities face the same kind of problems. Therefore, a common idea occurred that there should be some sort of cooperation between these cities to solve these problems together. This common idea eventually led to the URBACT programme, which is a programme that consists of several networks …

The objective of this market research is to evaluate the chances that the Cocoa Marketing Company has in the Dutch cocoa market while exporting directly. The research was mostly done via the internet, books and through several questionnaires. Although it was not possible to have all the information needed …

The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) wants to maintain a key player in the field of Higher Engineering Education. The central question of this report is therefore: What options should SEFI take into account to prepare the organization for the future and to remain an important player …

In the following paper I investigate the correlation between students’ use of Facebook and their first year grade point average in the Department of Media, Communication and Information at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Differences in grade points will be measured against whether or not …

The Netherlands has two types of higher educational institutions - research university and university of applied sciences. The first one has a more theory-based approach to education, while the latter puts emphasis on applying the knowledge taught in the classroom by developing practical skills. The …