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van den Tooren, Bart (author)
The CE concept is a booming theme, and the attention on this subject is increasing every year. However, the increasing attention on this theme has not yet been translated into practice within the infrastructure sector to a sufficient degree. While much literature has been published on the topic of CE, no analysis on the identification of...
master thesis 2022
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Sala De Andreis, Nicole (author)
The pressure for businesses to respond and contribute to sustainability is increasing and organizations are expected to actively address these issues (Joyce & Paquin, 2016). However, achieving circularity in real estate development poses significant challenges and barriers. Previous studies have primarily focused on the drivers and barriers...
master thesis 2023
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Izma Rindamelia Effendi, Izma (author)
More than ever, there is a growing importance of renewable energy technology (RET) as a part of the global energy source. With the increasing need of a cleaner energy and abundance incentives from the government, the evolution of innovating firms who are developing radical innovations related to RET products has been expanding, especially in the...
master thesis 2018
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Galeano Galván, M.L. (author)
Research Problem Energy projects are developed and executed in a complex network of interconnected actors, whom depend on each other’s resources for reaching their individual interests and goals with regard to the project. These actors have a diversity of values (convictions or beliefs of what is worth striving for society to be good),...
master thesis 2016
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van Amelsfort, Thijs (author)
There is a growing need for social housing in the Netherlands, especially in urban areas. The construction industry faces the difficult task of quickly responding to this demand while also reducing the embodied carbon emissions of new buildings. A proposed solution to these tasks is constructing mass timber buildings, leading to cheaper...
master thesis 2021
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Groen, Charlotte (author)
Expected increase of world wide food demand requires improvement of efficient water use in agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Netherlands and many more key actors at the level of policy, research and...
master thesis 2017
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Pijnacker, Joris (author)
Because of the increasing e-commerce volume, resulting in increasing demands on the speed of delivery, logistical processes become more and more automated. Order picking is one of the last tasks that is done by humans in warehouses, because humans are flexible with respect to the large variability and changeability in items. However, it is a...
master thesis 2018
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Pennings, R.P. (author)
De toekomstige demografische ontwikkelingen in het landelijk gebied zijn steeds onzekerder geworden. Maar gemeenten houden vast aan oude gewoontes en geloof in groei. Het lijkt alsof gemeenten geen beeld hebben van de effecten van hun huidig beleid, zowel nu als in de toekomst en de mogelijke problemen die hierdoor veroorzaakt kunnen worden....
master thesis 2012
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Franx, Laura (author)
The Netherlands faces climate change due to global warming and earthquakes due to gas production. To decrease both earthquakes and CO2 production, the government aims to half the gas production in the coming four years and aims for an entire stop by 2030. Over 80% of Dutch houses are heated with gas; 20% were built in the late post-war era (1960...
master thesis 2018
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Houthoff, Romke (author)
Every year new Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects are initiated by governmental institutes. The Dutch government - for example - recently invested € 70 million to look for technological opportunities in the ITS market. However, although significant sums are invested, the return in realized projects is limited. This is because the...
master thesis 2017
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Tjaberings, Jorick (author)
The ever-increasing size of offshore wind turbine substructures and the development of wind farms at sites further offshore, with greater water depths and with extremer weather conditions, raise logistical challenges that have never been faced before. Additionally, the offshore wind industry has to deal with governments cutting subsidies, small...
master thesis 2022
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de Jong, Ivy (author)
In this research, I delved into the dynamic role of TikTok in shaping democratic practices, with a particular focus on its effects on informed decision-making and activism. The rapid increase in social media usage has dramatically reshaped our lives, bringing several benefits but also significant concerns, especially regarding information spread...
master thesis 2023
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Ros, Jeffrey (author)
Texel has signed a shared ambition manifesto together with the other Dutch Wadden Islands, which states that they desire to reach full self-succiciency in terms of water and (renewable) energy by 2020. It is safe to assume that neither of these ambitions will be reached in time on Texel. Because technical limitations are not necessarily the...
master thesis 2017
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Bareman, Aart-Jan (author)
Technologies for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) need to take <br/> into account local cost, usability and maintenance challenges, and ‘modular’ <br/> device designs can be one way of overcoming these challenges. However, <br/> despite research into the design advantages of these devices, the adoption<br/>challenges have not yet been...
master thesis 2022
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Rijkers, Tim (author)
This research and design project provides design leaders with a toolkit that aims to help them develop their leadership qualities. With the modern definition of a designer being in a transitional period where designers are transitioning on the spectrum of traditional designers and business executives (Muratovski, 2015), creativity is becoming a...
master thesis 2021
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de Groot, Frans (author)
Although e-groceries is nothing new, the scale at which it is currently growing in the Netherlands has not been seen before. Over the past four years, the market share of online grocery shopping showed an average growth of over 20% per year. While it was already challenging to keep up with this high demand, it became increasingly more difficult...
master thesis 2021
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Jaime Sanchez, Francisco Ángel (author)
This research illuminates the complexities of Virtual Reality (VR) technology adoption within the airline industry, with a specific emphasis on Air France-KLM. Despite VR's transformative potential and its increasing prevalence in various sectors, its adoption in the airline industry presents unique challenges. The central research question...
master thesis 2023
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Schulz, Jara (author)
Radical innovation is widely acknowledged as important for companies aiming to contribute to sustainable development while maintaining and improving their competitive advantage. However, the diffusion and development process of radical innovations is described as uncertain and long-winded due to barriers raised within the socio-technical system....
master thesis 2019
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van Velzen, Karlijn (author)
The global shift toward a circular economy, vital for tackling climate change and resource security, necessitates the integration of circular principles in the construction sector. Urban planning, significant in shaping the built environment, offers an opportunity for implementing these principles comprehensively. However, limited implementation...
master thesis 2023
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