Three centuries of global population growth: a spatial referenced population (density) database for 1700-2000
The Earth's surface has changed considerably over the past centuries. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution in the early 1700s, humans from the "Old World" started to colonize the "New World"…
Simulating the future of agricultural land use in The Netherlands
The agricultural sector in the Netherlands has lost much of its importance over the last 50 years in terms of the number of people involved and its relative contribution to the economy – even though…
Reduce health risks by subsidizing particulate traps on new diesel cars
From 2010 on, new diesel cars sold in the European Union will probably have to be equipped with particulate traps to be able to meet the Euro-5 emission standards. In order to possibly diminish the…
EURURALIS is developed for policy makers dealing with the future of agriculture and other land use in the enlarged Europe of 25 member states. Expecting that major developments affect the rural areas…
This paper reports the extent to which the effects of such life-course experiences as partnership formation, the transition to parenthood, divorce and unemployment on housing quality persist over the…
Dissolved inorganic phosphorus export to the coastal zone: results from a spatially explicit, global model
Here we describe, test, and apply a spatially explicit, global model of river-borne dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) export called NEWS-DIP. Among the innovations in NEWS-DIP are increased spatial…
SustainabilityA-Test Inception report: progress to date and future tasks
The ultimate aim of the project SustainabilityA-Test is to improve the scientific basis of the application of tools in (sustainability) impact assessments. This report provides an overview of the…
Effectiveness of the EU White paper: 'European transport policy for 2010'
This report takes a look at general European transport and environmental trends, and the (likely) influence of the policy focusing in the White Paper, 'European transport policy for 2010', in…
Towards a long-term European strategy on climate change policy
One of the key challenges facing European policymakers today is developing a politically credible and economically progressive post-2012 climate policy regime. Over the course of two workshops…
Nitrogen surface balances in intensive agricultural production systems in different world regions for the period 1970-2030
The results indicate that the overall system N recovery and fertilizer use efficiency slowly increased in the industrialized countries between 1970 and 1995, the values for developing countries have…