This study evaluated the feasibility of a buoyant V-block closure joint for application within the Fraser River Tunnel Project and compared its performance against alternative closure joint concepts. The results demonstrate that the buoyant V-block is a technically feasible closure joint solution under …

The Amazon Basin contains some of the most biodiverse tropical forests on Earth, yet floodplain forests, despite their ecological importance, remain understudied at fine spatial scales. Rapid anthropogenic disturbances such as illegal gold mining, selective logging, and forest clearing in the Madre de …

De Litter Traps van CLEAR Rivers werken in de basis als passieve vangsystemen. Vangschermen worden gebruikt om drijfvuil met behulp van de natuurlijke stroming in de vanger te laten stromen. Deze vangschermen kunnen bij bijvoorbeeld scheepsvaart niet over de hele vaargeul worden gebruikt. Daarom …

The route along the Eems, the river flowing outwards from the old water- and city gate of Amersfoort, has become a new destination within the city, with a cultural and commercial center, makers places and transformed old factories. To continue this route, the site of a waste collecting plant is opened …

‘International Hub Center, a connective student village in Maastricht.’ Can a university city like Maastricht do better in getting international students involved in the local community and making them prolong their stay to the benefit of the city? From his own experience as a foreign student the designer …

The historic city of Geertruidenberg owes its bulwarks and fortresses to the defense of the mouth of the river Donge, which connects it to the Biesbosch. Nowadays the city is attractive for tourists and watersports. To improve the facilities for stay and harboring, and at the same time to invigorate …

Het klimaat verandert. Neerslag valt vaker in de vorm van extremere buien (KNMI, 2023). Ook is de kans op extreme hitte toegenomen. (Bessembinder, et al., 2023). De extreme buien en perioden van droogte als gevolg van klimaatverandering, zorgen in toenemende mate voor wateroverlast en watertekorten (Witte, …

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 …

Multi-faceted tasks can be completed in a linear start-to-finish fashion, or by completing the different facets parallel to each other. Either way, at some point the final additions and adjustments are made such that all the pieces fit together, and the task is completed properly. For example, baking …

Pollinator biodiversity has decreased in the past decades, but urban areas have increasingly been found to serve as a refuge when compared to the surrounding intensively managed farmland. This offers an opportunity for urban pollinator conservation to play a role in the conservation of pollinators. But …