Climatecafe Riga produced innovating green infrastructure ideas for climate adaptation in Riga. Space designers, landscape architects, environmental and water engineers, utility specialists and municipal employees attended the international seminar ‘Water and City’ as introduction for Climatecafe Riga …

Due to climate change the frequency of extreme precipitation increases. To reduce the risk of damage by flooding, municipalities will need to retrofit urban areas in a climate-resilient way. To justify this investment, they need insight in possibilities and costs of climate-resilient urban street designs. …

Many agriculture problems remain nowadays concerning the future of humanity. The world population will increase more and more, and the fertile lands will decrease with the city’s expansions. Rural depopulation already began, and the carbon food print of the food is no longer an issue. Pollution is one …

Green urban parks play an important role in the urban environment nowadays as they are providing a lot of ecosystem service, improve health and well-­‐being of the population and mitigate effect of climate regulation. Therefore a green space is a place that will be loved andused if it is frequented by …

The municipality of Rotterdam has the ambition to realize a healthy city by 2020. A healthy diet is high on the list of priorities and the municipality is supporting initiatives to ensure that healthy food is available for resident of Rotterdam. The Oude Westen district in the city center of Rotterdam …

Increasing urbanization and the effects of climate change will bring new challenges for cities, such as energy saving and supply of renewable energy, preventing urban heat islands and water retention to deal with more frequent downpours. A major urban surface, the surface of roofs, is nowadays hardly …

The city of Amsterdam wants to have an emission free taxi sector by 2025. In order to reach that goal, the city has taken a number of measures which favour clean taxis above conventional taxis. In 2017, as part of this policy, the city of Amsterdam decided to allow only clean taxis at the Leidseplein …

Since it is insufficiently clear to urban planners in the Netherlands to what extent design measures can reduce heat stress and which urban spaces are most comfortable, this study evaluates the impact of shading, urban water, and urban green on the thermal comfort of urban spaces during hot summer afternoons. …

According to myth, Rome was created more than 2,500 years ago on two hills. Romulus climbed the Palantine Hill and Remus took up position on a nearby hill, the Aventine Hill. From here, the city grew over seven hills into an unprecedented metropolis. Two millennia later, its inhabitants have barely …

Brabant Park is structured along currently unused and forgotten canals. It connects cities and towns in the Province of Brabant and has a huge potential of waterways, routes, enclaves, enhanced landscapes and urban spaces, new transport systems, touristic routes, city walks and recreational sports. Its …