The Northern Netherlands is like many delta’s prone to a wide range of climate change effects. Given the region its long history with floods and adaptation, there are numerous initiatives to be found that tried to battle these effects. As part of the Climate Adaptation Week Groningen, an inventory was …

Even though mango productivity in Ethiopia is low due to moisture stress, there is no report on how such constraint could alleviate using Cocoon water-saving technology. Cocoon is small water reservoir technology which uses for plant growth in dry season. The objectives of this study were to introduce …

The book captures the response of the Northern Netherlands region to major socio-economic and technological challenges of our time.

The European Commission has selected the Northern Netherlands to become the leading European hydrogen region and supports establishment of a complete local (green) hydrogen ecosystem covering production, storage, distribution, refueling and final use of hydrogen (Cordis, H2Valley, 2019). In line with …

Publieksparticipatie in besluitvorming wordt vaak gezien als een manier om maatschappelijk draagvlak voor beleid te vergroten. Zeker als het gaat om beslissingen die de burger direct aangaan. Maar is het wel zo eenvoudig? Leidt het betrekken van het publiek automatisch tot meer draagvlak? Of ligt het …

Korte impressie van mijn werk aan de productie van aardbevingsvrij aardgas

In opdracht van Economic Board Groningen heeft Marklinq, na 2016 en 2018, een derde Monitor van de Economie van Noord-Groningen opgesteld. Een van de conclusies: de werkgelegenheid is in de periode 2015-2019 licht gestegen in de regio, ondanks aardbevingen en veronderstelde leegloop.

This thesis is a part of BEESPOKE, an international initiative to reverse the decline of wild pollinators and create more resilient agroecosystems by providing expertise, tools and financial knowledge to land managers and policy makers. The severe decline of pollinators and other beneficial insects is …

Urban renewal and urban area development projects are by nature highly complex processes involving a multiplicity of professionals, stakeholders, and conflicting interests. Adding to this complexity are the formulated ambitions and societal challenges projects have to answer to. One of these ambitions …

We investigate hydrology during a past climate slightly warmer than the present: the last interglacial (LIG). With daily output of preindustrial and LIG simulations from eight new climate models we force hydrological model PCR‐GLOBWB and in turn hydrodynamic model CaMa‐Flood. Compared to preindustrial, …