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 …

Cairo. Home to twenty million people, bursting at the seams. An archipelago of planned and unplanned districts. How should this metropolis prepare for future growth? ‘Delta Strikes Back’ focuses on the rapidly urbanising agricultural landscape within the Nile Delta. Environmental pressure, ‘water wars’ …

Triggered by recent flood catastrophes and increasing concerns about climate change, scientists as well as policy-makers increasingly call for making long-term water policies to enable a transformation towards flood resilience. A key question is how to make these long-term policies adaptive so that they …

Het kenniscentrum Duurzame HavenStad van Hogeschool Rotterdam heeft als belangrijkste taak om toegepast onderzoek aan de Hogeschool naar een hoger plan te tillen, waarbij de aandacht voornamelijk uitgaat naar de inzet van vernieuwende technologie in de Rotterdamse stad en haven, en algemener, de Nederlandse …

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 challenges faced by business and society in the rapidly-changing 21st century require skills and capabilities that our education system, essentially fit-for-purpose in the 19th Century, struggles to provide. In this brief paper, presented at the Rotterdam TEDX-Rotterdam Clean Tech Delta forum on …

Bij rioolgemalen en rioolputten kan waterstofsulfide (H2S ) vrijkomen, wat kan leiden tot geuroverlast en bij hoge concentraties zelfs tot (levens)gevaarlijke situaties. Er zijn diverse technieken beschikbaar om deze geuroverlast en risicovolle situaties te voorkomen. Deze technieken brengen vaak hoge …