Forest inventories serve as a primary source for above-ground biomass and carbon stock estimations. These inventories, however, are costly and time-consuming especially over large areas with difficult terrain. Multiple remote sensing techniques can facilitate forest inventories with above-ground biomass …

Many nature-based solutions are seen as favourable and effective measures to increase urban resilience during more extreme weather events, by for example decrease high temperatures in summer. Since space is often scarce in urban environments, roofs have received increased attention in mitigating the …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) prediction from remote sensing is often hindered by disturbing factors at the soil surface, such as photosynthetic active and non–photosynthetic active vegetation, variation in soil moisture or surface roughness. With the increasing amount of freely available satellite data, …

Nature-based strategies, such as wave attenuation by tidal marshes, are increasingly proposed as a complement to mitigate the risks of failure of engineered flood defense structures such as levees. However, recent analysis of historic coastal storms revealed smaller dike breach dimensions if there were …

The shallow peat lake system the Reeuwijkse Plassen are part of the Water Framework Directive. The Regional Water Authority has been attempting to improve the water quality and ecological status of the lakes over the last two decades. After a series of measures the lakes however still score quite poorly. …

In recent years, the deterioration of urban rivers, due to human activity, has been receiving increasing attention. Canalized rivers are being restored or rehabilitated to restore wildlife and bring back a more natural ecosystem. This shift in the way how we look at our rivers has also resulted in the …

De Vlinderstichting ontwikkelt momenteel een waarderingssysteem voor de ecologische bodemkwaliteit binnen het kader van project Onder het Maaiveld. Dit rapport beschrijft een onderzoek naar de inzetbaarheid van de Normalized Difference Vegetation Index bij het inzichtelijk maken van de relatie tussen …

Meadows and pastures are maintained by the influence of human activities (such as annual mowing) and grazing by livestock. When these influences disappear or change, it has an impact on the vegetation. In Herrevadskloster the amount, species and breed of livestock have changed in conjunction with land …

The goal of the Volkspark Enschede project is to recreate the park as a virtual environment. The municipality of Enschede aims to revitalize the vegetation and use the medium as concept art and an exemplary model for potential investors. This thesis will clarify the process of development of the virtual …

Green roofs received increased scientific attention with respect to climate adaptation in urban environments for their hydrological, biodiversity and insulative capacities. Yet, the thermal properties of roofs with an additional water layer underneath the vegetation substrate (blue-green roofs) are not …