Due to climate change the frequency of extreme precipitation increases. To reduce the risk of damage by flooding, municipalities will need to retrofit urban areas in a climate-resilient way. To justify this investment, they need insight in possibilities and costs of climate-resilient urban street designs. …

Het klimaat verandert. Zeker is dat het veranderende klimaat gevolgen heeft voor de stad. De toename van weersextremen, zowel qua hitte als neerslag, maakt onze steden minder aantrekkelijk. Klimaatbestendig inrichten is mede daarom noodzakelijk. Onderzoek aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam laat zien dat …

The Zhanghe irrigation system (ZIS) is located in the Yangtze River Basin approximately 200 km west of Wuhan in Hubei Province. The reservoir was designed for multiple uses—irrigation, flood control, domestic water supply, industrial use, aquaculture, and hydropower. Over a period of more than 30 years …