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van Dijk, Marloes (author)
Forensic Psychiatric Centers (FPC’s) provide treatment for patients placed under the Dutch Entrustment Act, aiming to protect society and rehabilitate offenders (De Boer & Gerrits, 2007). Recent developments, such as the 2017 murder of Anne Faber, have increased pressure on FPC’s, with a steady rise in patient numbers and budget cuts of 10%...
master thesis 2024
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Termaat, Milu (author)
This master’s thesis explores the future of citizen participation in public decision-making in the Netherlands. Citizen participation is regarded as an important aspect of the Dutch democracy since it is used to gain insights into what the citizens consider important. Currently, there is scarce scientific literature on the future of citizen...
master thesis 2023
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van der Kaaij, Sterre (author)
The major social issues currently faced by the Dutch government require the involvement of all stakeholders early in the policy-making process. A Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) is a public participation method in which citizens can advise the government on a specific decision-making problem. The PVE information is becoming increasingly...
master thesis 2023
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de Boer, Niels (author)
Increased pace of developments strain the ability of policy makers to be timely and sufficiently informed. While there are already sufficient methods available for gauging what plays a role, topic modelling is a novel method that has the potential to be deployed at high speed with low effort. Values play an important role as it shapes policy...
master thesis 2023
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van den Berg, Esmeralda (author)
The current gap between what municipalities do and what citizens expect, is demanding a new approach for creating public services. This is portrayed by the amount of complaints that the Nationale Ombudsman received about municipal actions which have increased with 15% in 2021 in comparison to 2020.<br/><br/>An opportunity to make room for the...
master thesis 2022
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Dimou, Maria (author)
Nowadays cycling rates in most European cities are increasing, while many governments are looking for ways to integrate cycling into the daily lives of citizens not only as a leisure activity but also as an official means of transport. At the same time, a large part of the population itself aims to influence decision-makers and urban planners to...
master thesis 2021
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Mello Pereira Uriartt, Simone (author)
This thesis presents experiments to integrate design practices for organisational change in a non-profit organisation in Brazil that contributes to the sustainable development of the Amazon rainforest region.<br/>The organisation that hosted this project is the Foundation for Amazon Sustainability (FAS). It is a civil society organisation that...
master thesis 2021
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Mientjes, Gerjan (author)
Physical Internet (PI) is an innovation, which is introduced to cope with the unsustainable eects of logistics on society, environment and economy. Research to the implications of this innovation on important components/stakeholders in logistics, like maritime ports and Port Authorities (PA) lack. To fill in this gap, this study uses the...
master thesis 2020
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Kaptein, Lionel (author)
Many grand challenges like climate change or health security cannot be solved by only the policymakers. Support and expertise of citizens is needed to solve these challenges (Gerton &amp; Mitchell, 2019). Due to the demand for public participation, Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) fulfils the needs of involving many participants in a...
master thesis 2020
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Mustika Siti Hajarini, Mustika (author)
The national government of the Netherlands has mandated heat transition to the municipality as part of the global execution of climate agreement. However, despite many guides has been offered, municipal heat-transition policy is a tricky matter that the municipal policy-makers struggle to grasp. To support the systematic municipal heat...
master thesis 2020
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Nama Ashok kumar, N. (author)
Maharashtra, the second largest state in India in terms of population and area, is a fast-developing economy and meeting its electricity demand is crucial for its economic growth. Currently, power production is causing severe environmental and security issues mainly because of the reliance on coal plants in the state. In order to meet SDG 7 ...
master thesis 2020
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Geerts, Lucas (author)
Wind farms are one of the main means for sustainable energy supply in the Netherlands. In the period of 2013-2020 provincial governments were tasked with siting a certain number of megawatts of wind energy on their territory. This led to the development of wind farms in many Dutch municipalities, of which the decision-making process has in many...
master thesis 2020
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Houwing, Lise (author)
The urban population is globally increasing. Additionally, mental health problems are increasing. The determinants of mental health are found to be more present in urban environments. Due to the growing populations and the urban presence of mental health determinants, mental health problems are risking to further increase. This thesis develops a...
master thesis 2019
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De Boer, B.J.H. (author)
Many renowned organizations have come and go in past decades because markets in which they once thrived changed. Many factors can play a role why established organizations are slow to understand and react on external changes that create paradigm shifts. This is a universal dilemma; however established project-based organizations struggle in...
master thesis 2015
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Kauzonas, M. (author)
Analysis and current issues of urban development system in Hackney, London. Intensifying operation of the urban renewal by integrating new management and communication system within the area. Testing the system by simulating new management tools and communication devices to redesign an urban block within Hackney.
master thesis 2014
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Baltrusaitis, D. (author)
Exploring alternative urban planning models and policies. Designing a strategic model of self-organization for context specific neighborhoods and districts. The study case is Vilnius, capital of Lithuania and it’s district Newtown. Focal points of the project: political agenda behind spatial design implementation in Vilnius, financial streams of...
master thesis 2014
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Förster, F. (author)
Dutch citizens have become more involved in policy making, because they are more willing to take action when government decisions affect their living environment. In addition, politicians and policy makers have stimulated unconventional types of participation, such as deliberative consultations and citizen participation. In the policy making...
master thesis 2013
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Mirza, U.F. (author)
The railway sector in the Netherlands is facing challenges in demand for higher capacity, aging safety systems, European demands to realize interoperability, implementation of modern rolling stock with less shunting performances and the need to standardize technologies. These challenges raise the question whether the Dutch train detection system...
master thesis 2012
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Shi, N. (author)
In recent years, the occasional ineffectiveness in policy analysis to support policy making in major infrastructure projects in the Netherlands has caught our attention in exploring the latent causes and proper tools to facilitate policy making in the Netherlands. Our client, Het Buitenhuis in the Netherlands, has been engaged in facilitating...
master thesis 2011
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