Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) such as swales are designed to collect, store and infiltrate a large amount of surface runoff water during heavy rainfall. Stormwater is known to transport pollutants, such as particle-bound Potential Toxic Elements (PTE), which are known to often accumulate …

Article only: CC-BY licence. As a consequence of climate change and urbanization, many cities will have to deal with more flooding and extreme heat stress. This paper presents a framework to maximize the effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for flood risk reduction and thermal comfort enhancement. …

Na twintig jaar heeft vrijwel elke gemeente in Nederland wel één of meerdere wadi’s. Tijd om de balans op te maken. Hydraulisch en milieutechnisch functioneren ze goed maar verbetering is mogelijk. Bijvoorbeeld door andere planten te gebruiken. Leer van de ervaring van anderen.

ClimateCafé is a field education concept involving dierent fields of science and practice for capacity building in climate change adaptation. This concept is applied on the eco-city of Augustenborg in Malmö, Sweden, where Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) were implemented in 1998. ClimateCafé Malmö evaluated …

Ten behoeve van beleidsvorming stelt STOWA samen met stichting RIONED al sinds 2007 een Database Hemelwaterkwaliteit ter beschikking. In 2020 verschijnt een flink herziene versie van deze database. Dit artikel beschrijft de belangrijkste bevindingen op basis van deze nieuwe database.

Bergen city centre is prone to both subsidence and flooding. With a predicted increase in precipitation due to climate change, a higher proportion of rainfall becomes surface runoff, which results in increased peak flood discharges. In addition, it has been predicted that sea-level rise and increasing …