In 2024 the Low Impact Development Devices (LID) open-source international database ClimateScan consist of over 14.000 climate adaption related projects uploaded in the period of 2014–2024. For cities with over 500 projects, this offers an opportunity to construct a LID-DNA of the city. LID-DNA presents …

Habitat fragmentation caused by urbanization and climate change are important drivers of biodiversity decline and ecosystem degradation (McKinney, 2002). Governmental inaction results in cascade effects, such as the extinction of species and the weakening of ecosystem services that citizens depend on. …

De ICEW is een jaarlijks evenement waarbij onze opleiding samen met civiele techniek opleidingen uit Spanje, Duitsland, Denemarken, Frankrijk en Schotland een projectweek organiseert op een van de locaties. Dit jaar was het evenement in Groningen, dinsdag kregen studenten masterclasses en workshops over …

a small-scale urban nature-based solutions (for flood, drought, heat stress and water quality) that you can find on the open source ClimateScan.org database with over 14,000 global climate adaptation projects

Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) or nature-based solutions (NBSs) are widely implemented to collect, store and infiltrate stormwater. The buildup of pollutants is expected in NBSs, and Dutch guidelines advise monitoring the topsoil of bio-swales every 5 years. In the Netherlands, almost every …

Klimaatadaptatie bevindt zich in een fase van implementatie en versnelling, wat terug te zien is in de snelle verspreiding van maatregelen voor stedelijk water- en hittebeheer in steden over de hele wereld. Met name op natuur gebaseerde oplossingen ('nature-based solutions' of NBS) zijn recentelijk in …

Sustainable Open Solutions Climate Waterfront is an interdisciplinary project that aims to explore waterfronts in Europe facing extreme situations under the threat of climate change, eg. heat, too much absent rain and sea level rise with all its consequences. The central goal is to exchange adaptive …

Van praktijk naar college en weer terug. Floris Boogaard en Piet Zijlstra (Hanzehogeschool Groningen) en Oscar Kunst (Stichting RIONED)In veel onderzoeken worden praktijkmetingen gedaan aan klimaatadaptatie met studenten van mbo, hbo en wo (doorlopende leerlijnen). We zetten de voorbeelden op een rij …

During the New Energy Forum, we will have a climate café. Our urban and rural environment are becoming increasingly vulnerable for climate change and there is an urgent need to become more resilient. ClimateCafé is a field education concept involving different fields of science and practice for capacity …

Global climate change will result in more extreme heat, drought, and rainfall. The urban environment is particularly vulnerable to these effects. Adaptation to these extreme weather conditions is difficult due to the high complexity of urban land-use patterns and stakeholder configurations. The current …