XblocPlus is a single layer armour unit developed by BAM Infra Consult. The XblocPlus is the successor of the Xbloc and one of the main changes is that it is placed in a uniform pattern. Most of its hydraulic stability comes from the interlocking that the XblocPlus does. XblocPlus consists entirely …

Fish assemblages of different types of artificial reefs can differ greatly in abundance, biomass and composition, with some reef types harboring over five times more herbivores than others. It is assumed that higher herbivorous fish abundance results in a higher grazing intensity, affecting the benthic …

De Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) ontwikkelen zich de komende decennia tot een een nieuwe stadswijk. Wat voor voor een stadswijk kan M4H zijn hoe wordt zij onderdeel van het stedelijk weefsel? Om antwoord te geven op deze vragen is er een sociaal verhaal nodig, als onderdeel van het grotere, bestaande verhaal …

How do (temporary) societies actually arise, bottom-up (co-creation), or top-down (organized by an elite)? In this article, both the book The Dawn of Everything (Graeber and Wengrow, 2021) and the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 are presented to answer this queston: both forms of emerging/organizing …

Veel studenten stoppen met het hoger onderwijs vanwege een verkeerde studiekeuze. Expeditie Noord lost dit probleem op door middelbare scholieren te ondersteunen bij hun studiekeuze. Echter merkte Expeditie Noord dat het aantal aanmeldingen voor de ondersteunende trajecten afnam. Dit komt mede doordat …

The problem that ASSA ABLOY are facing arises when an existing door needs to be replaced. The many details that are involved are not stored in a retrievable manner, meaning that they need to be re-evaluated. This causes a significant amount of time to be lost. On top of that, registration of these details …

Coastal and marine cultural heritage (CMCH) is at risk due to its location and its often indefinable value. As these risks are likely to intensify in the future, there is an urgent need to build CMCH resilience. We argue that the current CMCH risk management paradigm narrowly focuses on the present and …

Extinction Internet is not merely an end-of-the-world phantasy of digital technology that one day will be wiped out by an electromagnetic pulse or the cutting of cables. Rather, Extinction Internet marks the end of an era of possibilities and speculations, when adaptation is no longer an option. During …

The unexpected death of a child is one of the most challenging losses as it fractures survivors’ sense of parenthood and other layers of identity. Given that not all the bereaved parents who have need for support respond well to available treatments and that many have little access to further intervention …

Inclusive labour contributes to the individual human need to realize a meaningful socially integrated existence. However, we are quite lost on what that could/should look like, if it is to be sustainable for both us and our planet! As impossible as it may be, the formulation of needs on a global level, …