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Van der Horst, T. (author), Van Wijngaarden, M.J.P. (author), Wetser, A. (author), Daniels, J.A. (author), Knoop, C.J.T. (author), Rijnen, K.M.F. (author)In this report a study is carried out on the Magdalena River near the village of San Pablo, Colombia. The Magdalena River near San Pablo experiences two major issues which are related to navigation and erosion. The major problem for inland navigation is the sharp bend of the Magdalena River at San Pablo, which has too small a radius, causing...student report 2015
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Kemper, A. (author), Van Ekdom, K. (author), Beulink, L. (author), Hendriks, M. (author)The Port of Imbituba, located in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, is a privately operated port in Brazil. In the past, the port has been upgraded in order to meet the future growth in the size and number of vessels. The main breakwater and the quay were elongated and the waterway was deepened. In the first six months of 2014, a large...student report 2015
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Brandt, J. (author), Minnee, K. (author), Kramer, V. (author), Gerrits, S. (author), Winter, R. (author)The authorities of Argentina wish to improve the accessibility of the ports located in the Río de la Plata and upstream to the Paraná River. The water depth in the Río de la Plata is very shallow and did not suffice for vessels to navigate. Therefore navigation channels have been dredged. Ship drafts have increased in time and nowadays there is...student report 2015
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La Gasse, L.C. (author), Van Rooij, M.I.S. (author), Smits, B.P. (author), Ton, A.M. (author), Velhorst, R.L.C. (author)This report presents a study of the Malecón Tradicional in front of ‘Centro de Havana’ and ‘Havana Vieja’ in the city Havana, Cuba. The objective is to develop a sea defence solution that prevents unacceptable flooding of the hinterland and damage of the Malecón seawall. Implementing the recommended solutions reduces the overtopping sufficiently...student report 2015
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Crielaard, R. (author), Keulers, B. (author), Koudstaal, K. (author), Kox, S. (author), Veerman, M. (author), Vila Santamaria, R. (author)Part I concerns the analysis of the infrastructural problems at hand in San Pedro de la Paz. To get insight into the problems first an analysis of the location is made. This analysis involves the geographical characteristics of the city, historical development, land use, infrastructure etc. Based on this analysis a problem description is made....student report 2015
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Admiraal, M. (author), Couasnon, A. (author), Huijzenveld, T. (author), Hutten, R. (author), Schölvinck, O. (author), Van Veen, N. (author)In Nicaragua, active research for arsenic started in 1996, after the first case of arsenic poisoning was reported in a rural community. Arsenic concentrations present in drinking water cause chronic poisoning, which depending on the exposure, lead to several life-threatening long term effects. It is however unknown to what extent this...student report 2015
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Van Miltenburg, M. (author), De Way, M. (author), Cornelissen, D. (author), Van Osselen, K. (author), Ziel, R. (author), Van de Ven, M. (author)Cartagena is a city located at the Caribbean coast of Colombia, founded in 1533 by the Spanish. Its population consists over one million inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in Colombia. Due to its strategic location, the port of Cartagena has grown into the largest port of the Caribbean coast, making it very important for the Colombian...student report 2015
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Visser, T. (author)When making an land use map of an area with the use of remote sensing data, additional data from the ground is needed for this area, the so called ‘ground truth’. By combining the datasets a a land use classification can be done, relating a pixel with the actual situation on the ground. The collection of the ground data is labour intensive since...student report 2015
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Deckers, R.W.J. (author), Wang, H. (author), Rangel, V. (author), Chrisovergi, A. (author)In 2014 the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and PDAM Tirtawening Kota Bandung reached an agreement, to fund the project “Towards pro-poor private investments in water supply, Bandung”, about the improvement of the municipal water treatment plants of Bandung. This agreement establishes the financial support of the Dutch government towards the PDAM...student report 2015
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Ceulemans, B. (author), Van der Togt, A.C. (author), Wiesman, R.L.A. (author), Timmerman, T. (author)In the summer of 2015 a multidisciplinary team of four TU Delft master students was sent to the Caribbean by Damen Shipyards to perform a market research study into the ferry market of the entire Caribbean Sea. We have executed this research as the fifth collaboration between Damen Shipyards and International Research Projects Delft, an...student report 2015
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De Baat, M.J. (author), Den Hertog, V. (author), De Jong, S. (author), De Regt, K. (author), Wijgergangs, K. (author)The project consisted of the development of a freight transportation model for the island Java in Indonesia. A literature study concerning freight modelling has been performed to formulate an appropriate framework of such a model for the given situation. Different data sources have been identified, analyzed and combined to be used as input for...student report 2015
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Pearson, S. (author), Alhaddad, S. (author), Amarachaharam, T. (author), Darnall, J. (author), Samardzija, I. (author), Serrano, A.M. (author)CIE4061 Multidisciplinary Project: We were tasked with determining the feasibility of dike compartments to mitigate flood risk in Schouwen-Duiveland, The Netherlands. The primary dike protecting the polder of Bruinisse is vulnerable to piping failure, leading to a high probability of flooding. In the event of a flood, the small but deep polder...student report 2015
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Gijon, A. (author), Kala, Y. (author), Monteban, D. (author), Sasikumar, A. (author), Songy, G. (author)Voorne-Putten is an island located in the delta region of the Netherlands. The island is surrounded by a dike ring which consists of dikes, dunes, and hydraulic structures. The flood risk in Voorne-Putten was assessed to be unacceptable according to the measure of local individual risk. The maximum allowable local individual risk in the...student report 2015
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Steeneken, S. (author), De Haan, F. (author), De Koning, R. (author), Gijsman, R. (author), Le, T. (author)The Port of Durban is South Africa's premier port and hub of the region, especially for the Johannesburg (Gauteng Province) area. The current port will eventually not be sufficient to handle the capacity demand. The focus is on the development of a new port in the direct surroundings of Durban. A suitable new location is found at the old...student report 2015
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Borghans, J.W. (author), Luijben, W.J.M. (author), Van Zaal, C.J. (author), Van Zanten, S.C. (author), Van Eijk, T.F.A. (author), Van der Zee, W. (author)In 2014, NGO FT Kilimanjaro (FTK) focussed on southern Lower Moshi in order to avoid poverty and despair in this place. This southern Lower Moshi area is situated south of TPC; a large sugarcane plantation in the North of Tanzania, south of Mt. Kilimanjaro. After the exploratory interviews with the villagers, conducted by FTK, it appeared that...student report 2015
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Peters, T. (author), Jongerius, Y.R. (author), Franken, J.T. (author), Ponsioen, L.A. (author), Tieleman, O.C. (author)The Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon system, lying in the Thua Thien-Hue province in central Vietnam, is affected by a tropical monsoon climate. This among others is the reason the Cau Hai Lagoon area has a long history of floods and other water related problems. Inhabitants are very dependent on the lagoon, as the main sources of income of people...student report 2015
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Jager, T. (author), Smoor, A.C. (author), Tiehatten, B.M.H. (author), Wester, F.E. (author)Iquique is an important city in the northern of Chile. For the coast of Iquique a seismic gap with a return period of 111 ± 33 years is present. Since the last big event in 1877 only 20 % of the accumulated seismic slip is released. The configuration of Iquique is such that a large future earthquake and subsequent tsunami would generate a...student report 2015
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Everts, P.S. (author), Julianus, E.J.B. (author), Marijnissen, M. (author), Voorend, S.J.M. (author)At the southern coast of Sri Lanka a small fishery harbour is located in Hambantota. Soon after construction of the harbour in 2006 the harbour started silting up at various places. From that point onwards the harbour’s basin has been dredged multiple times, but the problem turned out to be structural. In addition breaking waves are encountered...student report 2014