507 search results for “urban natural” in the Staff website
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Sebastiaan GrosscurtFaculty of Science
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Roy RemmeFaculty of Science
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Liselotte RambonnetFaculty of Science
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Yuanyuan MaoFaculty of Science
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Tuomas AiveloFaculty of Science
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Urban sketching
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Michiel HooykaasFaculty of Science
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Rita de Sousa e SilvaFaculty of Science
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Ming FrickeFaculty of Science
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Philomeen DolFaculty of Humanities
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For city dwellers, even 15 minutes in nature can improve mental health
Green spaces boost mental health—especially in busy cities. A new study from Leiden and Stanford University reveals how nature benefits urban well-being and offers low-cost ways to make city life healthier for everyone.
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Jill den BoerFaculty of Science
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Lifeng HanFaculty of Science
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James McAllisterFaculty of Humanities
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How can we make better use of natural resources?
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustainable energy system. Professor of Sustainable Resource Use Ester van der Voet researches how we can reduce the environmental impact of natural resources…
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Cristiana StravaFaculty of Humanities
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Gerard Persoon
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Three years of Urban Studies: 'Maybe it's time to think about a master's programme'
A study programme all about cities and their issues. Three years ago, the bachelor's programme Urban Studies was a newcomer in The Hague. By now, the first theses are being written. André Gerrits, programme director, talks about the programme’s success: 'The intake of first-years has increased from…
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I-Fan LinFaculty of Science
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Hannah AugustijnFaculty of Science
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Danielle ChevalierFaculty of Law
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Martijn DefiletFaculty of Archaeology
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Urban Studies students receive diploma: ‘I want to make cities better places’
Lecture hall A0.06 in the Schouwburgstraat in The Hague was packed with parents, friends and other loved ones on Friday, 27 September. No fewer than 61 graduates received their Urban Studies diploma there, the highest number in the four years since the programme started.
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Janneke van OorschotFaculty of Science
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen OosterbaanFaculty of Archaeology
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Ajay GandhiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Joeri MorpurgoFaculty of Science
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Robert VerpoorteFaculty of Science
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Athanasios MoraitisFaculty of Science
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Pesticides can have unforseen consequences on nature - yet the EU proposes to remove periodic reassessment
Martina Vijver talks about the impact of pesticides on nature in many Dutch media outlets. This news is now also covered internationally. In Chemical & Engineering News, Vijver argues periodical reassessments of pesticides are crucial to prevent unexpected harm to nature.
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What do we define as urban green space?
When do we define a piece of nature in the city as a park? And when is something a tree or shrub? It may seem obvious, but in scientific literature the definitions vary quite a bit. That makes comparisons difficult. Environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo looked at the differences and designed a general…
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Tim ClaerhoutFaculty of Science
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Run through the Wijnhaven building on Urban Trail The Hague
Organisation, Social
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Rethinking Urban Renewal and Citizen Engagement: Insights from Turin
Maria Vasile's ethnographic fieldwork in Turin reveals that volunteering and citizen engagement may not empower residents or allow them to shape their cities. Her analysis of urban gardens, food markets, and food aid initiatives calls for a broader perspective on urban peripheral areas and a shift away…
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?
On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them, together with Statistics Netherlands, they take stock of part of the Dutch ‘urban mine’: how much raw material can we reuse from the electricity grid,…
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Anna RoseboomFaculty of Science
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Niels van der WindtFaculty of Science
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Zifan MengSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nienke BeetsFaculty of Science
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Professor argues: ‘Let nature take its course’
Give organisms like plants and animals the freedom to move, interact and meet their own needs, and they will thrive on their own, says Professor Geert de Snoo. Our interference often ends up doing more harm than good.
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Jorinde NuytinckFaculty of Science
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Enes SütütemizFaculty of Humanities
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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International studies and Urban Studies have moved to Schouwburgstraat
The International Studies and Urban studies study programmes have moved to a new address. After five years in the Wijnhaven building they have moved to the Schouwburgstraat. ‘It is nice to have our own place in The Hague as the Faculty of Humanities.’
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Willem MeilinkFaculty of Science
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Tanya TsuiFaculty of Science
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Tuna KalaycıFaculty of Archaeology