The Vietnam Mekong Delta (VMD) is an essential region providing food security. According to The World Bank (2024), the Mekong Delta is the Vietnamese centre of rice production, with 50% of the country’s rice production and 90% of exports. Besides its agricultural activity, VMD is also an important aquacultural …

This graduation project focuses on improving the understanding and analysis of complex business processes that are difficult to manage due to inconsistencies, lack of standardisation, and poor interoperability between systems. The project is situated in the domain of business process modelling and simulation, …

Within the confines of a traditional, longitudinal and narrow housing block in Rotterdam-West, this project proposes a double-sided, permeable and dynamic living environment for students and young professionals. Shared facilities foster community life, while also generating work opportunities and relationships …

Hard coastal defences along the Dutch–Belgian North Sea coast are nearing the end of their design life and carry significant ecological costs. Salt marsh Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) provide a self-sustaining alternative. However, existing asset-management (AM) standards continue to view them as "nice-to-have" …

‘The living environment as lifestyle coach. Urban environment, beneficial for our health and well-being’. Our urban environment determines our health and wellbeing. Knowing this, how can we, as urban designers, use the living environment as a lifestyle coach, allowing and nudging inhabitants to choose …

Het verbeteren van de waterveiligheid als gevolg van zeespiegelstijging in laaggelegen kustgebieden in een tot 2100 is het hoofddoel van Geen Zee te Hoog. Het verhogen van deze waterveiligheid is noodzaak vanwege de verwachte zeespiegelstijging die afhankelijk van de klimaatscenario’s één tot twee meter …

Current diets centered around animal products are causing serious threats to both publichealth and the environment. While other approaches are necessary for sustainable foodpractices and security, the protein transition—the shift from animal-based to moreplant-based diets—is essential yet challenging. …

De Rotte is the name giver of Rotterdam, but this river keeps a low profile in the identity and present-day urban planning of the city. By elevating the Rotte as a backbone for the development of Rotterdam north, goals, and ambitions in the field of water management, ecology, urban revitalization, and …

In response to the growing challenges posed by climate change and urbanization, this thesis proposes designing a rain garden as a sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The primary goal of this project is to create design of a nature-based solution that not only manages …

This research aims to offer insight into the perspectives of people from two distinct groups who are concerned about the international social-environmental practices of one company and affected through its factory work and impact on their living environment. One group is the activist citizen initiative, …