Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …

The municipality of Bergen op Zoom is assuming to overlook climate change problems and possibilities. They are missing knowledge on how to deal with a dry period. This is the reason of the requested for a research on the drought problematic. They want to know how different departments and inhabitants …

Stormwater runoff has severe negative and direct impact on the quality of surface waters and groundwater. The impact can cause chemical and heavy-metal pollution. Applying well established methods to map pollutants in urban areas and specifically in Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), such as Sustainable Urban …

Omdat de oudste wadi in Nederland nu twintig jaar is, is oriënterend onderzoek gedaan naar de bodemkwaliteit van dertig wadi’s. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd met de meettechniek XRF (X-ray Fluoresence). De XRF meet diverse elementen (waaronder zware metalen) door röntgenstralen uit te zenden.

Klimaatadaptatie staat in Nederland hoog op de agenda en vraagt om een andere inrichting van de openbare ruimte. Grote regenbuien passen niet in rioolbuizen dus wordt verharding vervangen door groen. Groenvoorzieningen krijgen functies als waterberging en infiltreren regenwater in de bodem, zoals bij …

Water pollution by arsenic (As) is a problem in many areas of the world for both ecology and humans. To remove arsenic from surface water an environmental-friendly method called phytoremediation could be used. This method includes the usage of plants to accumulate toxins from any environmental soil, …

Many agriculture problems remain nowadays concerning the future of humanity. The world population will increase more and more, and the fertile lands will decrease with the city’s expansions. Rural depopulation already began, and the carbon food print of the food is no longer an issue. Pollution is one …