Background
Straaten, Jan van der was born on July 18, 1935 in De Werken en Sleeuwijk, The Netherlands. Son of Jan Cornelis and Anna (Visser) V.
Straaten, Jan van der was born on July 18, 1935 in De Werken en Sleeuwijk, The Netherlands. Son of Jan Cornelis and Anna (Visser) V.
Master, Nederlandse Econom. Hogeschool, Rotterdam, 1971. Doctor, Tilburg (The Netherlands) University, 1990.
Director Strago-Electro B.V., Gorinchen, The Netherlands, 1953-1967. Deputy head department environmental statistics C.B.S., The Hague, The Netherlands, 1969-1973. Deputy head department economic research Municipality of Rotterdam, 1973-1974.
Senior lecturer department social economics Tilburg University, 1974-1990, assistant professor department leisure studies, 1990-1999. Senior researcher European Center for Nature Conservation, The Netherlands, 1994-1998.
Member editorial board Environmental Politics, 1992-2000, Business Strategy and the Environment, since 1993, Milieu, since 1993, Journal Sustainable Tourism, since 1998. Editor: Tourism and the Environment, 1992-1999, Towards Sustainable Development, 1994. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Chairman SOVON, Beek/Ubbergen, The Netherlands, 1986-1990, NMGA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1990-1995. Fellow European Association for Environmental Management Education. Member European Association Evolutionary Political Economy (area coordinator environmental economy 1992-1995), European Society for Ecological Economics (vice president 1996-1998).
Married Maria Frederica Verhagen, April 26, 1990.