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 …

Op dit moment zijn we met zijn allen hard op zoek naar handvatten voor hoe om te gaan met de complexe problemen waarvoor de duurzaamheidsuitdaging ons stelt, met de klimaatcrisis misschien wel als meest urgente en nadrukkelijke uitdaging. Kunst kan ons daarbij kan helpen – en soms wellicht op nu nog …

This article is about Inner Development Goals (IDGs), that were created in Sweden from 2019 as a necessary addition to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: no more poverty, good education for all, etc.) formulated by the UN in 2015 to achieve a sustainable world by 2030. The idea behind this initiative …

Het is misschien wel het grootste vraagstuk van onze eeuw: hoe gaan we om met klimaatverandering? Floris Bogaard weet in ieder geval dat in Nederland de wadi – een wateropnemende en -zuiverende ‘greppel’ in stedelijk gebied – een groot verschil maakt. Hij reist het land door en onderzoekt samen met studenten, …

Green roofs received increased scientific attention with respect to climate adaptation in urban environments for their hydrological, biodiversity and insulative capacities. Yet, the thermal properties of roofs with an additional water layer underneath the vegetation substrate (blue-green roofs) are not …

There is an urgent need for energy renovation of the existing building stock, in order to reach the climate goals, set in Paris in 2016. To reach climate targets, it is important to considerably lower energy demand as well as switch to fossil-free heating systems. Unfortunately, renovation rates across …

In Nederland is de meest toegepaste infiltratievoorziening in de openbare ruimte in de wadi (water afvoer drainage en infiltratie), in het buitenland zie je vaker 'raingardens' en deze regenwatertuintjes infiltreren sinds enkele jaren in Nederland.

In today’s city environments, extreme weather conditions are a fact of life. Amsterdam, Mumbai, Nairobi or Sydney… climate change issues need to be tackled all around the world. In the last couple of decades, Amsterdam has dealt with larger amounts of rainwater, severe heat stress and a decreased biodiversity. …