"Hello, do you want me to take a picture?" Fotograaf Ahmet Polat werkt momenteel in de Groningse Korrewegwijk aan zijn project "Hello, do you want me to take a picture?" Recentelijk ontstonden in deze wijk beelden en een verhaal welke de aanzet vormen voor de publicatie die hier als presentatie te zien …

Storm sewers are known to significantly contribute to annual pollutant loads to receiving water bodies. The storm sewers of the city of Almere discharge the stormwater of 1384 ha of impervious area via 700 storm sewer outfalls (SSOs) to the local receiving water system. This water system suffers from …

Het onderzoek behandelt informeel leren in coöperatieve kunstpraktijken. Het beschrijft hoe kunstenaars en gedreven amateurs samenkomen, cultuur produceren en daarmee vorm en inhoud geven aan hun eigen publieke leven. De kunstpraktijken van deze "gemeenschappen van creatieve burgers" vormen op verschillende …

A short article reflecting on working with archives as an artist in a post-colonial setting.

Modern engineering systems are complex socio-technical structures with a mission to offer services of high quality, while in parallel ensuring profitability for their owners. However, practice has shown that accidents are inevitable, and the need for the use of systems-theoretic tools to support safety-driven …

Although reengineering is strategically advantageous for organisations in order to keep functional and sustainable, safety must remain a priority and respective efforts need to be maintained. This paper suggests the combination of soft system methodology (SSM) and Pareto analysis on the scope of safety …

On-time departure performance is important for airlines that seek the highest satisfaction of their passengers. The main component of achieving on-time departure is being able to complete the turnaround operations of an aircraft within the scheduled time. To address this problem, the present paper examined …

Stormwater flooding and thermal stresses of citizens are two important phenomena for most of the dense urban area. Due to the climate change, these two phenomena will occur more frequently and cause serious problems. Therefore, the sectors for public health and disaster management should be able to assess …

Although urban agriculture as a way to come to sustainable urban food systems can be questioned and we have to be aware not falling into a ‘local trap’ regarding its benefits (Born & Purcell, 2006), initiatives for urban agriculture emerge all over the world. Some of these primarily focus on achieving …

The need of an adaptive sustainable solution for the increased land scarcity, growing urbanization, climate change and flood risks resulted in the concept of the floating urbanization. In The Netherlands this new type of housing attracted the interest of local authorities, municipalities and water boards. …