Within European cities, entrepreneurs engage in private and public collaborative initiatives that work towards reducing local solid waste streams (Futurium, 2019). Furniture and interior design products account for nearly 50% of these waste streams, making them a key priority on the EU agenda to prevent …

This study addresses the challenges facing the City of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, in adapting to climate changes and reducing the effects of flash floods. Praia is highly vulnerable to these extreme weather events, due to its volcanic scenery, uncontrolled urbanization, and insufficient infrastructure, …

Tropical peatlands cover around 45 million hectares of the world. Half of these peatlands are located in Indonesia, mostly on Kalimantan. Tropical peatlands are currently under threat due to land-use change, drainage and climate change. One of these locations under threat is Desa Gohong (Gohong village), …

Climate change is a major threat for the Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). A lot of research has been done on the possible effects, but a clear overview is still lacking. This literature review aims to provide an overview of the effects of climate change on the nesting success, sex ratio and …

Natuurlijk, we moeten vol blijven inzetten op windenergie, “De winderige, ondiepe Noordzee is voor Nederland en de andere landen in Noordwest-Europa een enorme asset. Maar laten we ervoor waken onze samenleving er te afhankelijk van te maken. Dus ook zorgen voor significante bijdragen van andere CO2-vrije …

Whereas different aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education are often discussed within an academic community, teaching the EU seems to receive less attention. Especially in recent years we testimony the decreasing interest to EU studies in universities, including some signs of disappearing …

It is argued that in our world there are many "pessimists", who do not believe that climate, environmental and natural disasters can still be averted, and therefore want to live today as if there was no tomorrow. And if you have nothing more to expect, why should you also let the pleasures of today be …

XblocPlus is a single layer armour unit developed by BAM Infra Consult. The XblocPlus is the successor of the Xbloc and one of the main changes is that it is placed in a uniform pattern. Most of its hydraulic stability comes from the interlocking that the XblocPlus does. XblocPlus consists entirely …

Veel van de grondstoffen die we gebruiken voor de miljoenen producten die we produceren zijn niet duurzaam. Ze zijn eindig, fossiel en zeer vervuilend. Daarom zijn er nieuwe duurzame alternatieven nodig die we dagelijks kunnen inzetten bij de productie én na gebruik kunnen terugbrengen in een kringloop …