As the year passes, keeping themselves afloat has become more challenging for the Netherlands. Climate change and sea level rise are primary factors influencing the maintenance and reinforcement of the country's dikes system. Therefore, a new Delta Plan has been implemented to make the dikes system climate-proof …

Pollinator biodiversity has decreased in the past decades, but urban areas have increasingly been found to serve as a refuge when compared to the surrounding intensively managed farmland. This offers an opportunity for urban pollinator conservation to play a role in the conservation of pollinators. But …

Conflict lies at the core of urban sustainability transitions and the indispensable structural changes that accompany them. In this chapter we examine the RESILIO project, a multi-actor collaboration in Amsterdam aiming to transition towards a 'climate proof' city through smart water retention systems …

With increase in awareness of the risks posed by climate change and increasingly severe weather events, attention has turned to the need for urgent action. While strategies to respond to flooding and drought are well-established, the effects - and effective response - to heat waves is much less understood. …

Infiltrating pavements are potentially effective climate adaptation measures to counteract arising challenges related to flooding and drought in urban areas. However, they are susceptible to clogging causing premature degradation. As part of the Dutch Delta Plan, Dutch municipalities were encouraged …

Infiltrating pavements are potentially effective climate adaptation measures to counteract arising challenges related to flooding and drought in urban areas. However, they are susceptible to clogging causing premature degradation. As part of the Dutch Delta Plan, Dutch municipalities were encouraged …

In recent years, the deterioration of urban rivers, due to human activity, has been receiving increasing attention. Canalized rivers are being restored or rehabilitated to restore wildlife and bring back a more natural ecosystem. This shift in the way how we look at our rivers has also resulted in the …

GeoExperience GeoFort wants a new, intuitive and vandal safe VR experience to gain further attention from families and schools. Inspired by the online game “GeoGuessr”, the requested game has quiz elements to teach the player about floods in the Netherlands, while letting the player explore different …

Climate change with sea level rise cast a spell on spatial planning in The Netherlands, adding further unrest to the control of urban development in the north-east of Noord-Brabant. The pressure from the Randstad is felt already today in this peripheral zone, bound by the Meuse and the precautionary …

This is a report of the research done during the Summer School 2022 at the Digital Methods Initiative (UvA). The work and the report were developed in collaboration with the participants in the datasprint: Gabrielle Aguilar // Federica Bardelli // Laura Bruschi // Miranda García // Giulia Giorgi // Matthew …