Nowadays, Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) are developing as innovative multifunctional tools to maximize urban ecosystem services such as storm water preservation, reduction of runoff and flood protection, groundwater pollution prevention, biodiversity enhancement, and microclimate control. Gdańsk is one …

Exploring virtual assurance of a Partially Automated Driving System during car following conditionsTraditionally, driving simulators are used to investigate driver responses to manipulations in the driver-vehicle-environment triangle, such as adding distractors or introducing low visibility driving conditions. …

The graduation project of Andrii Roizin, a software engineering student at Saxion, was developed as a part of the Sportkeur 2.0 project. This project is led by Go2Sure and the Saxion Ambient Intelligence research group is one of its partners.             The purpose of the project was to discover the …

Fringe territories are difficult to handle and the initiative to pick this up is very valuable. The Fringe Intensified is a project that investigates the urban fringe as a source of inspiration for finding another answer to the present housing demand than the common home and neighborhood within the city’s …

Flooding has become more common in many developing nations as a result of increasing urbanization and climate change. As a result, community people are constantly confronted with the harmful impacts of floods. Flooding is a recurring issue in Nigeria, causing huge economic losses as a result of damage …

The accessibility of the Rotterdam region and port is important for the economy of not only the region itself but for the Netherlands as a whole. This is because, in addition to the largest port complex in Europe and Greenport Westland, the Rotterdam region also offers space for various business services …

Urban planning for climate change is a complex topic for historical and large cities like Alexandria, which are also coping with economic and demographic pressures. In this project the design of water engineering is drawn into the horizon of the local population, by mapping several containment measures …

The Netherlands is aiming for the roll-out of more solar PV. However like many densely populated countries, the country is running into issues of lack of space. Opportunities around infrastructural works like highways provide space without compromising the landscape. Examples of this double use are already …

Craftsmen and other practitioners have always been bitterly needed, theorists are only needed to a very small extent, just like managers, while nowadays we train almost everyone as to be a manager or (applied) scientist ("theoretician"). Of course, ICT can be interpreted as applied theory, but then again, …

Côte d’Ivoire produces about 42 percent of the world’s total Cocoa but processes only 30 percent of the total production. A large part of the country depends on the commercial benefits of the Cocoa production and supply chain of it. In this paper, we develop a simulation model that assess the performance …