Urban delta areas require innovative and adaptive urban developments to face problems related with land scarcity and impacts of climate change and flooding. Floating structures offer the flexibility and multi-functionality required to efficiently face these challenges and demands. The impact of these …

Toepasbaarheid van STEEP-dashboard onderzoeken voor de verkeerstoren (water control room). STEEP: social, technical, ecological, economical en policy key indicatoren

Germany has been an influential member state in the European Union, but how influential has Germany been in shaping EU-policies? What domestic policies did Germany upload to shape the EU-policies and what major EU policies did it download to shape domestic policies? This dissertation has researched Germany’s …

This bachelor thesis reports on a study conducted at the research institute IMARES in the Netherlands. It focused on plastics ingested by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) around the North Sea region as a contribution to a better understanding of the fulmar in its role as an indicator for marine …

For centuries the Netherlands had struggled against water. After years of struggle the Netherlands had turned from a swampy and unstable river delta into an orderly country with a strong agricultural image. Since 1990, however, the Netherlands are no longer primarily known as the country that reclaimed …

Development aid is a sector that raises many discussions on whether it stimulates a developing country, or holds back economic progress. Most discussions are about bilateral aid, aid given from the government of a donor country, for example the Netherlands, to a government of a partner country, for example …

The aim of this report is to determine whether there exists a difference in the public access to justice between several member states of the European Union. The report examines the judicial structures of three member states, along with the circumstances surrounding the access to the courts. A case study …

For the Dutch economy the ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam are crucial. To continue the competitive positions of both ports versus foreign ports, the entrance channels to both ports have to be optimal. That said, it is however a problem. The largest ships calling at these ports have a very deep draught, …

This report explores the yachting sector of SXM, which to this day does not receive enough government attention and is not given the recognition that it deserves as a lucrative sector of the economy (Johnson, 2010). Therefore, the decision to research this topic came as a result of the Tourism Bureau's …

Dit rapport gaat over de mogelijke inzet van groenblauwe diensten in de integrale gebiedsuitwerking Sarsven en de Banen, in de buurt van Nederweert. De kern van dit project is de waterpeilopzet ten gunste van de natuur. De volgende hypothese is getoetst: ‘Groenblauwe diensten’ is een kansrijk concept …