The city is nature. In many ways this bold statement can be contested, but at the same time wildlife is so abundant Rotterdam is called a wilderness park (Reumer, Wildpark Rotterdam. De stad als natuurgebied. Historische Uitgeverij, Groningen, 2014). One can discuss whether this is true or not, but more …

Presentaties tijdens Reconnect (Regenarating ECOsystems with Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk rEduCTion)

This research was conducted to be able to advise THE ORGANISATION on how to strategise its communications to accomplish its goals of creating more awareness for the problems and the solutions in the ocean. The starting questions of THE ORGANISATION were as follows: • Whom should we target and how should …

Urban planning will benefit from tools that can assess the vulnerability to thermal stress in urban dense cities. Detailed quick-scan heat stress maps, as made in this study for Johannesburg, have proven valuable in the decision-making process on this topic. It raised awareness on the urgent need to …

In de Deltabeslissing Ruimtelijke Adaptatie heeft het Deltaprogramma het voorstel opgenomen om de ruimtelijke inrichting van Nederland klimaatbestendig en waterrobuust te maken. Dit om de negatieve effecten van de klimaatverandering het hoofd te kunnen bieden. Een initiatief, om aan de Deltabeslissing …

The economic recession has hit especially hard the residential building sector in the EU region, e.g., the number of the housing completions has decreased -49% and the total residential output has been squeezed down by -24% between 2007 and 2014 (Euroconstruct, 2015). In turn, the aim of our paper is …