Publications

Ever since the Brundtland Commission presented its report on sustainable development in 1987, various institutions have either adopted or tried to refine the approach used in the report. Currently…

A few aspects of the EMEP Unified (Eulerian) model have been evaluated by analysing the deposition parameterisation for acidifying compounds and the concentration and deposition of SO x, NO x, and NH…

Demographic developments have played an important role in the structure and functioning of the Earth's system. The exponential population growth of the last century has led to high pressures on the…

In the framework of the Cloud Liquid Water Network (CLIWA-NET) project, an attempt is made to reconstruct the spatial distribution of liquid water path (LWP) by combining data from a network of ground…

Comparing maps is an important issue in environmental research. This report addresses the problem of quantifying subsequent map similarities and dissimilarities.

This report describes an operationalisation of the term 'sustainable development', by introducing the vulnerability concept.

In the period 1979-1999, nearly one fifth of all agricultural buildings in the Netherlands lost its agricultural functions. Farmers quit because they become older ant the potential successors face…

In this chapter the impact of ICT on the way firms in the Netherlands allocate their production in relation to the housing choice is addressed. The housing choice is adaptive behaviour to combine the…

Environmental measures have sometimes unintended side effects. The paper focuses on side effects that are the result of relations and feedback mechanisms between economic activities and industries in…

Surface waterblooms of toxic cyanobacteria (scums) interfere with the use of lakes, for instance in the production of drinking water or for recreation. Routine monitoring data are not sufficient for…