The IMPETUS project is based on holistic approach (technical, social, art, visual) supported by IT solutions to enable vulnerability assessment, to support the decision-making process, enhance public participation and improve adaptation planning. The methodology will be used both for education and research …

Deployment and management of environmental infrastructures, such as charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles (EV), is a challenging task. For policy makers, it is particularly difficult to estimate the capacity of current deployed public charging infrastructure for a given EV user population. While …

Freshwater habitats are under stress from agricultural land use, most notably the influx of neonicotinoid pesticides and increased nutrient pressure from fertilizer. Traditional studies investigating the effects of stressors on freshwater systems are often limited to a narrow range of taxa, depending …

The conferences will be a premier platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Civil Engineering (Geotechnics ,Transportation & Highway and Coastal Engineering). The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the materials and …

Mini-colleges van weerman en wetenschapper Peter Kuipers Munneke en onderzoeker Floris Boogaard over oorzaken, gevolgen en veranderingen in de omgeving door hittestress.

Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has reinforced climate change to alarming rates and has introduced new stressors such as plastic pollution to the environment. Currently, 4.8 - 12.7 million tons of plastic litters enter the oceans every year. Globally alternatives to replace synthetic-based …

Met gastspreker Erik Laurenzen van gemeente Arnhem. De gemeente doet veel proeven aan klimaatadaptatieve voorzieningen zoals wadis, raingardens, IT riolering en doorlatende verharding.

De effecten van de klimaatverandering zijn merkbaar in de gebouwde omgeving: hittestress en wateroverlast. Frank Spuij gaat in gesprek met Cathelijne Bouwkamp, wethouder gemeente Arnhem. Floris Boogaard, Hanzehogeschool, licht best practices toe.

The recreational use of nitrous oxide (N2O; laughing gas) has largely expanded in recent years. Although incidental use of nitrous oxide hardly causes any health damage, problematic or heavy use of nitrous oxide can lead to serious adverse effects. Amsterdam care centres noticed that Moroccan–Dutch young …