Movement of 25 tracked bream over 10 days in Lake de Leijan. These are being tracked with acoustic VEMCO transmitters to see how they interact with the varying water quality around the lake, as part of the CANAPE fish tracking project. This helps improve the understanding of peatland freshwater systems, …

Naast bodembeheer is waterbeheer in de agrarische sector een belangrijk thema. Door klimaatverandering zijn de weersextremen sterk toegenomen. Tijden van wateroverlast worden afgewisseld met lange periodes van droogte. De verbeteringen van het watersysteem in Nederland zijn de afgelopen honderden jaren …

Cities are confronted with more frequent heatwaves of increasing intensity discouraging people from using urban open spaces that are part of their daily lives. Climate proofing cities is an incremental process that should begin where it is needed using the most cost-efficient solutions to mitigate heat …

The Interreg North Sea region project FRAMES, Flood Resilience by Multi-LayerEd Safety, addressed the shared territorial challenge of climate change impacts, specifically the physical, economic and social effects of floods. To deal with future climate uncertainties, alternative options need to be considered …

This report provides an overview of the initiatives that were taken to disseminate information, lessons and knowledge acquired during Polder2C’s via formal educational programmes and an evaluation of the extent that project findings have been embedded in educational curricula of relevant partner organisations …

The surge of smart city technology, thinking, publications and consultancy offerings is significant. This implies there is something seriously developing. But to what extent is this a new development? In this paper the case will be made that urban design has always had to include new technologies and …

This article explores how the combination of research approaches in Research Through Design (RTD) can contribute to generating applicable urban design knowledge. The article is based on learnings from the ‘Really cooling water bodies in cities’ project, a pragmatist RTD combining post-positivist, constructivist …

Boeren moeten de kans krijgen om zelf maatregelen te treffen voor duurzaam waterbeheer, vindt lector Wolter van der Kooij van Aeres Hogeschool. Dit vraagt wel een andere opstelling van de waterschappen. Geen naleving van de ‘water moet zo snel mogelijk weg’-doctrine en minutieuze handhaving van de regels, …

Sinds 2010 produceert Nieuwater ultrapuur water uit effluent van de RWZI Emmen. Dit water wordt als proceswater geleverd aan de NAM in Schoonebeek. Op basis van bijna 10 jaar ervaring kan worden geconcludeerd dat RWZI-effluent een prima bron is voor industriewater, zeker wanneer grond- en oppervlaktewater …