This bachelor’s thesis presents a study that investigates the optimal arm solution for a self-closing tainter gate at Koopvaardersschutsluis in conjunction with the technical issues that the lock is currently facing, as well as the national issue related to the means of renovating old locks throughout …

International conference Cities, Rain and Risk

Rapid changes in the urban environment due to growth puts the urban water cycle out of balance, hence, affecting other surface and subsurface processes, such as subsidence and surface water management. Subsidence of the ground is causing risk and hazard, as well as unexpected costs. This newly, November …

Stormwater runoff has severe negative and direct impact on the quality of surface waters and groundwater. The impact can cause chemical and heavy-metal pollution. Applying well established methods to map pollutants in urban areas and specifically in Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), such as Sustainable Urban …

Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change, and there is an urgent need to make them more resilient. The Climatescan adaptation tool www.climatescan.nl is applied as an interactive tool for knowledge exchange and raising awareness on Nature-Bases Solutions (NBS) targeting young professionals …

In order to increase feed quality, additive has been used to increase silage storage stability. During feeding time, the silage is exposed to oxygen and a degrading process starts decreasing dry matter and increasing temperature. This rise in temperature makes the silage less appetising to cows, few …

The Erasmus project Peat Valley+ was a coalition of the Hanze University of Applied Science, Vocational School Terra in the Netherlands, the Vives University of Applied Science in Belgium and the university of Skövde in Sweden. This Alliance worked on the development of an external structure in the region …

presentation on the annual Reframe conference of the initiative of the regional cooperative Westerkwartier to built new and next communities in their regional food chain

Valuation of heritage buildings is usually performed by architectural-historical experts, who use a typology of heritage values based on conservation philosophy. Increasingly, social and spirituality values are included in heritage assessment frameworks. What happens to valuation systems when external …