Greater New Orleans is surrounded by wetlands, the Mississippi River and two lakes. Excess rain can only be drained off with pumping systems or by evaporation due to the bowl-like shape of a large part of the city. As part of the solution to make New Orleans climate adaptive, green infrastructure has …

We gaan naar New Orleans waar in 2005 de orkaan Katrina aan land kwam met 1.833 doden en ruim 153 miljard dollar aan schade tot gevolg. Tussen de dijken zijn groen- blauwe oplossingen zoals raingardens aangelegd als deel van de oplossing: waterberging en infiltratie. Is New Orleans nu klaar voor een …

A major challenge for disaster scholars and policymakers is to understand the power dimension in response networks, particularly relating to collaboration and coordination. We propose a conceptual framework to study interests and negotiations in and between various civic and professional, response networks …

After the “Rose Revolution” in 2003, Georgia’s political elite announced its new policy direction to follow democratic and liberal beliefs norms, values and ideas. This has formed Georgia’s national identity, which, the country claims, has always been European. Georgia’s powerful neighbor country – Russia …

In this publication you will find:Hosting the hybrid cityThis is a text in which Hermen Maat and Karen Lancel provide insights into the meaning of the word ‘role’ and into the position of the role of the ‘host’ in their own artistic practice. Their artistic research into this role was the starting point …

De eisen die gesteld worden aan de dijken worden steeds strenger door vernieuwend onderzoek. Toch ging het in 1993 en 1995 met hoog water bijna mis. Na onderzoek bleek dat de dijken bijna doorbraken door piping. Bij piping stroomt water onder de dijk door en worden zandkorrels meegenomen. Hierdoor wordt …

By critically analysing the initial worries concerning public reactions and the actual responses to attacks by new military technologies (strategic bombing during World War II), to natural disasters (Hurricane Katrina), to the 2003 Blackouts (in the US), and to terrorist attacks (9/11), the author concludes …