Climate change and urban adaptation measures are reshaping environments relevant to human health, including vector-borne diseases such as dengue. This study assesses potential health risks associated with nature-based solutions (NbS), with a focus on mosquitoes and ticks, to support safe climate adaptation …

Mosquitoes and Nature-based solutions

Conventional centralised sewerage systems are increasingly challenged by climate change, population growth and sustainability goals. Decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DWTS) offer an alternative by reducing hydraulic loads, enabling local reuse and supporting resource recovery. This study analyses …

Urbanisation and climate change increase the need for quantitative insight into the contribution of nature-based solutions (NbS) to climate adaptation. While NbS are widely implemented at local scales, their aggregated contribution to regional and national adaptation ambitions remains largely unknown. …

Floating developments have the potential to mitigate a range of challenges including fluctuating water levels, sea level rise, and pressures on available space on land for housing, energy production and storage, and food production. The national Dutch research project Floating Future is a project which …

Het onderzoek richt zich op de behoefte aan interdisciplinaire, praktijkgerichte en maatschappelijk geëngageerde leermodellen om klimaatgerelateerde wateruitdagingen aan te pakken. Het traditionele onderwijs schiet vaak tekort bij het toerusten van jonge waterprofessionals met de nodige praktische, interdisciplinaire …

Cape Town faces a complex and interlinked set of climate-related challenges, including recurring droughts, flooding, intensifying heat stress and biodiversity loss. These impacts are further amplified by rapid urbanization, pollution (often due to poor infrastructure and service delivery), ageing water …

SPARKLES – TOOLBOX SPARKLES is an interdisciplinary research project at the Hanzehogeschool Groningen (Hanze). The project focuses on the responsible, large-scale deployment of floating solar panels (Floating PV) on inland waters. Toolbox Students will learn for example to: Understand FPV technology …