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- Wassenberg, F.A.G. (author) doctoral thesis 2013
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Den Heijer, A.C. (author)In the past decade managing the university campus has become more complex and challenging, with many more stakeholders, opportunities and threats to consider. Decreasing public involvement and funding for universities puts pressure on the internal allocation of resources, comparing investments in real estate with investments in human resources....doctoral thesis 2011
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Hoekstra, J.S.C.M. (author)The book explores the relationship between the characteristics of the welfare state and the characteristics of the housing system (housing policies, housing outcomes and housing market developments) in different European countries. It consists of a theoretical framework, six published articles and a concluding chapter. All six articles use the...doctoral thesis 2010
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Blom, I.S. (author)To date, the focus in the field of sustainable building has been on new building design. However, existing residential buildings inflict great environmental burden through three causes: continuous energy consumption, regular building maintenance and replacements. This publication analyses and compares these three causes of environmental burden...doctoral thesis 2010
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Konings, J.W. (author)The thesis addresses the opportunities and conditions to increase the market share of intermodal barge transport in Northwest Europe. In particular, it focuses on strategies to improve the performances of the different links of the intermodal transport chain: the barge transport services, the transhipment at terminals and pre- and post-truck...doctoral thesis 2009
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Soetanto, D.P. (author)Knowledge can be valorized in many different ways. University spin-offs have proven to be very effective as the knowledge generated in a university or research institute is directly translated into commercial activities. In addition, university spin-offs have played an important role in the economic and innovation growth of the region. While...doctoral thesis 2009
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Maat, K. (author)An academic and policy debate has been running in recent decades on whether and to what extent travel behaviour is influenced by the built environment. This dissertation addresses this influence on daily travel distance, chaining behaviour, car ownership, and car commuting. As cars are the dominant mode of transport, car travel received most...doctoral thesis 2009
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Neuteboom, P. (author)Though time and depth of cycles differed from one European country to another, mortgage markets have grown in size, expanded in product variation and improved borrowers' accessibility to mortgage credit. However, this expanding range of mortgage opportunities significantly increases the search and information costs for a borrower, making it...doctoral thesis 2008
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Van Mossel, J.H. (author)For housing associations, maintenance is an opportunity for high quality interaction with their tenants, and thus an opportunity for effectively influencing the quality of service delivery to tenants. Dutch housing associations have a market share of about one third of the entire Dutch housing stock. They spent around 2.8 billion euros a year on...doctoral thesis 2008
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Beerepoot, W.M.C. (author)The passing by the European Parliament of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in 2003 obliges all European member states to implement energy regulations for buildings based on the concept of energy performance by the year 2009 ultimately. Given the importance of the development of innovations in energy technology, and a...doctoral thesis 2007
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Trip, J.J. (author)Urban quality is generally considered increasingly important for urban competitiveness. Nevertheless, large urban redevelopment schemes often fail to provide sufficient quality from a user's perspective. This study therefore investigates the role of urban quality in large-scale urban redevelopment, which is here elaborated in terms of Richard...doctoral thesis 2007
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Meijers, E.J. (author)This thesis focuses on relationships between cities in Polycentric Urban Regions (PURs), which are regions containing proximate but distinct cities that are rather similar in size. A classic example is the Randstad. The extent to which there are synergies between cities in PURs is explored. The author develops theories on synergy in PURs and...doctoral thesis 2007
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Hasselaar, E. (author)Occupants in air-tight houses and with poorly maintained mechanical ventilation systems have stimulated the study of health hazards of housing. Five hundred houses were inspected, to diagnose the relation between lay-out, construction, technical services, interior decorations and potential indoor air pollution or problems with noise and safety....doctoral thesis 2006
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Sunikka, M.M. (author)According to EC forecasts, if energy efficiency could be increased 1% annually until 2010, two-thirds of the potential energy saving in the EU could be achieved. This would comply with 40% of the EU's Kyoto obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 8% on the 1990 level by 2010-12, by cutting 200 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year....doctoral thesis 2006
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Bontekoning, Y.M. (author)The implementation of hub-and-spoke networks in intermodal transport is suggested as one of the potential solutions for helping to increase the intermodal market share. Traditionally, trains are shunted at hubs; this is a time-consuming process. Since the early 1990s a new type of intermodal terminal, specifically designed for fast tran-shipment...doctoral thesis 2006
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Koffijberg, J.J. (author)What can the political-administrative management of a government ministry do in order to bring about a substantial policy change? Public policy is shaped in networks that are characterized by pluriformity of actors, interests, perceptions, and resources, and by mutual instead of unilateral dependence among the actors. Uncertainty is high and...doctoral thesis 2005
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- Kleinhans, R.J. (author) doctoral thesis 2005
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- Klunder, G. (author) doctoral thesis 2005
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Boumeester, H.J.F.M. (author)Huren of Kopen? En wordt het kopen, wat en wanneer ga je dan kopen? Iedereen heeft gevoelsmatig of beroepsmatig wel een idee over de factoren, die van invloed kunnen zijn op de woningkeuze van een huishouden. Want uiteindelijk is een meerderheid van de Nederlandse bevolking zelf ervaringsdeskundige. Maar zijn die invloeden ook meer algemeen te...doctoral thesis 2004
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Van Overveld, M. (author)Van een optimaal voorschrift is sprake als door dat voorschrift een vooraf gesteld doel, tegen zo laag mogelijke extra kosten, in de praktijk is bereikt. Dit proefschrift beschrijft op welke wijze, met het effect op de praktijk als maatstaf, kan worden beoordeeld of sprake is van een optimaal voorschrift van Bouwbesluit 2003. Hiervoor is een...doctoral thesis 2003