In januari is het startsein gegeven van Vitale Delta. Vitale Delta is een nieuw achtjarig onderzoeksprogramma dat door een consortium van vier hogescholen wordt gedragen. Hogeschool Rotterdam, Hogeschool Leiden, De Haagse Hogeschool en Hogeschool Inholland slaan de handen ineen en zetten zich in voor …

Onlangs ging Vitale Delta van start, een praktijkgericht onderzoeksprogramma om de vitaliteit en gezondheid in Zuid-Holland te verbeteren. AnneLoes van Staa, HR-lector transities in zorg, is programmaleider.

Resilience is held as a promising concept to produce a paradigm shift from traditional flood control to an integration of flood risk management and spatial planning. Central ideas to the resilience narrative are that nothing is certain except uncertainty itself' and adaptability' is key to governing …

Dit is het rapport van het verdiepend onderzoek naar verschillende ontwerp-/toetsmethodes voor de teenconstructie aan een dijk met een glad talud van gezette steen. Dit onderzoek heeft de focus gekregen op de formules voor het bepalen van de steendiameter. De vier redenen hiervoor zijn: 1. De steendiameter …

This investigation tries to give more insight in the relation between the Carcinus maenas, acting as predator in this part of the food chain and the Ruditapes philippinarum, being hunted by the Carcinus maenas. The focus in this investigation has been based on the occurrence of the different sizes of …

This research is conducted as a bachelor thesis of the programme Delta Management at the HZ University of Applied Sciences, Vlissingen and in cooperation with the Living Lab Water Indonesia by nuffic neso and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya. Plastic debris hindering recovery and reforestation …

In coastal and low-lying vulnerable delta cities, such as the Rotterdam Metropolitan region and Metropolitan Manila, there has been an increase in vulnerability of urban flooding and water quality problems. New approaches address the current and future effects of climate change and increase urban quality, …

The disruption of nutrient cycles caused by human activities such as agriculture and burning fossil fuels is impacting ecosystem services on global and local scales. The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere contributes to rising global temperatures and ocean acidification, whereas …

Floods are the most damaging natural hazard in the world. Better understanding on the flood hazard phenomenon and its potential consequences in our society is crucial for the development of flood control policies, risk reduction projects and other types of flood management strategies. Ho Chi Minh city …