Rural futures for young adults: Rural development and regeneration in the Netherlands

Young adults are essential in the future of rural municipalities. They can revive places in decline and create new opportunities. But what future dreams, plans and opportunities do they have? Embark on a journey through the Dutch countryside to uncover the future dreams of young adults. Delve into the dreams, plans, and obstacles shaping the...

Reinventing a Rural Area: A Case Study into Cultural Festivals in Oldambt, The Netherlands

The Oldambt area, in the northeast of the Netherlands, has recently suffered from depopulation and a negative image. However, four high-quality cultural festivals have been developed in or moved towards the area during the last decade. The festivals have different organisational models. This paper assesses how they contribute to rural...

Re-using vacant farm buildings for commercial purposes: Two cases from the Netherlands

Across the European Union, farm modernisation results in vacant farm buildings in agricultural areas. This is an issue at the crossroads of rural development and spatial planning. The debate often revolves around the options of either demolishing these buildings or re-using them for residential purposes. There is less emphasis, however, on re...

Urban political overrepresentation and access to public funding for municipalities in the Netherlands

Advantageous positions for politically overrepresented groups and rural political discontent are widely debated in academia. However, the role urban political overrepresentation may have in benefiting urban citizens and as an explanation for rural political discontent has hitherto received little attention. This paper addresses urban...

Rural residence: Dreams for the future and foreseen obstacles by young adults from the Netherlands

This paper examines the dreams for the future of young adults in Midden-Noord-Brabant and Zeeland, the Netherlands. Through 274 qualitative surveys and focus groups with 12 participants, it explores their dreams for the future, the obstacles they foresee in realising these dreams, and the influence of these obstacles on their stated life plans....

Panorama New Netherlands

How can the Netherlands adapt to sea level rise on the long term: maintain, advance or retreat? This article compares the results of seven plans and designs from a diverse group of scholars and professionals that offer very different answers to this question. This diversity broadens the options, which is vital in this stage. Both problem solving...

On Sea Level Rise

While the severity of the climate crisis calls for a discussion on transformative and potentially disruptive change, science, engineering, design, governance and practice are currently too detached to effectively contribute to such discussions. <p>The spatial manifestation of climate crisis rarely appeals to one’s imagination. Yet, when...

Modeling, Experimental Validation, and Application of VARC HVDC Circuit Breakers

This paper deals with the modeling, hardware results and model validation by measurements of a VSC assisted resonant current (VARC) dc circuit breaker (CB) and the application within a future network by simulation. The newly emerging VARC dc CB can be used as a solution for the protection of offshore multi-terminal HVDC (MTDC) grids. In this...

Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Grid Connection Topology for Offshore Wind Farms using MMC-HVDC Transmission

To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, the Netherlands is integrating large amounts of offshore wind energy into the power system and has ambitious plans for the coming years. A grid topology with transmission capacity above 1 GW connecting offshore wind farms (OWFs) at distances close to 100 km in a standardized, modular, and cost...

Ontarsening van het spoelwaterslib van waterwinstation ir. C. Biemond te Nieuwegein: Een verkenning

Het spoelwaterslib van waterwinstation ir. C. Biemond te Nieuwegein valt tot op heden op grond van zijn arseengehalte (100 - 120 mg arseen per kg droge stof) onder het regime van de Wet chemische afvalstoffen (De Wca staat evenwel momenteel ter discussie). Dit milieuprobleem kan worden opgelost door het arseen uit het slib te verwijderen (zie...

Verwijdering c.q. conversie van arsenobetaine uit het afvalwater van de RZI-Tollebeek: Een verkennende studie

Ontarsening van drinkwaterslib van Nederlandse waterleidingbedrijven