Chris Allen and Rob Imrie (eds): The knowledge business: the commodification of urban and housing research

The credit crunch, interrelations between (in)stability of housing markets and the general economy: Setting the scene

Bouwstenen voor het volgende coalitieakkoord

Critical mass for the development of a new container port in Vlissingen

The economic importance of accommodating container transport and the increasing demand for container-handling capacity are major triggers for conventional ports to develop container terminals. The port of Vlissingen, located between Rotterdam and Antwerp, is aspiring to gain a position in deep-sea container handling. A relevant factor that...

The credit crunch: Impacts on the housing market and policy responses in the Netherlands

This contribution deals with the impact of the credit crunch on the Dutch housing market and the policy responses of the Dutch government so far. Reinhart and Rogoff have presented an overview of credit crises after WW II: what are the general characteristics and impacts? Also in the Netherlands, banking problems were imported from the US. The...

Notes on the Particulate Matter Standards in the European Union and the Netherlands

The distribution of Particulate Matter in the atmosphere, resulting from emissions produced by cars, trucks, ships, industrial estates and agricultural complexes, is a topical public health problem that has increased in recent decades due to environmental factors in advanced economies in particular. This contribution relates the health impact...

How to make housing sustainable? The Dutch experience

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