That coral reefs are in decline worldwide, particularly in the Caribbean, will come as no surprise. This decades-long decline has reached a potential tipping point as the weight of the effects of climate change have come decidedly to bear on the planet’s most diverse marine ecosystem. Whether coral reefs …

Tropical western Atlantic reefs have gradually shifted from being dominated by corals to being mainly covered by macroalgae. The mass-mortality of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum in the 80s and the slow to non-existent recovery exacerbated this shift. Chemical cues associated with these reefs are expected …

Edited and supervised by Mariana Fernandez Mora, this second volume of Making Waves confronts the urgent need to reimagine climate change beyond stereotypes that frame it as a distant, future issue affecting others. Recognizing the devastating impacts already experienced worldwide, the volume explores …

Sustainable Open Solutions Climate Waterfront is an interdisciplinary project that aims to explore waterfronts in Europe facing extreme situations under the threat of climate change, eg. heat, too much absent rain and sea level rise with all its consequences. The central goal is to exchange adaptive …

In this paper we describe one aspect of nature-based flood protection by foreshores in hybrid flood defences and discuss how foreshore ecosystem restoration can contribute to flood protection. Flood protection consists of flood prevention, by grey, green or hybrid defences, and flood impact reduction, …

Autonomous shipping appears as a promising solution to reducing operational costs and improving logistics on inland waterways. The following research focuses on inland shipping in Zeeland, Netherlands to examine how autonomous shipping can impact logistics chains and be adopted by using inland shipping …

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the insights gained by testing in a design studio a particular research-by-design strategy, focusing on the generation of innovative solutions for climate change adaptation. The strategy is based on the Design Thinking Process and has been applied in the climate …

Gastcollege, De Haagse Hogeschool 6 okt 2023 1. Inleiding Nature-based solutions. NBS is een concept dat naar voren is gekomen als een goed alternatief voor of aanvulling op traditionele grijze technische oplossingen. NBS maken gebruik van natuurlijke processen en ecosysteemdiensten voor functionele …

De afgelopen jaren neemt de hoeveelheid ijs op ‘The Arctic Sea’ in steeds sneller tempo af, waardoor routes in dit gebied steeds toegankelijker worden voor schepen en het scheepsverkeer hier toeneemt (Arctic Council, 2020). Het is daarom van groot belang dat de veiligheid tijdens ijsnavigatie in deze …