The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) encourages water managers to implement active stakeholder involvement to achieve sustainable water management. However, the WFD does not describe in detail how member states should operationalize participation. The need for local experience and local …

Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and there is a need for (inter)national knowledge exchange on Best Management Practices (BMPs) in climate adaptation. In semi-structured interviews stakeholders demanded international knowledge exchange tools that are interactive, open source …

Presentaties over tools, trainingen, suds en fieldtrip BMP introductie tijdens de partnermeeting van WaterCoG Groningen

De zomer van 2018 gaat de geschiedenis in als ‘de droogste zomer’ en dit zal vaker voorkomen. (Inter-)nationale overheden, kennisinstituten en adviesbureaus vragen zich af of de klimaatadaptieve regenwatervoorzieningen die de laatste decennia op veel plaatsen zijn aangelegd, de intensievere buien na …

Urbanisation and climate change have an effect on the water balance in our cities resulting in challenges as flooding, droughts and heatstress. Implementation of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) can help to restore the water balance in cities by storing and infiltrating stormwater into the subsurface …

Presentatie tijdens bijeenkomst WaterCoG team in het Musikkens Hus te Aalborg.

The WaterCoG Team met on May 2nd at the dramatic Musikkens Hus in Aalborg, to exchange ideas and update on progress