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Idjaton, Babatoundé I.T. (author), Togola, Anne (author), Ghestem, Jean Philippe (author), Kastler, Laura (author), Bristeau, Sébastien (author), Ronteltap, Mariska (author), Colombano, Stéfan (author), Devau, Nicolas (author), Lions, Julie (author), van Hullebusch, Eric D. (author)
Emerging contaminants are a growing concern for scientists and public authorities. The group of per-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as ‘forever chemicals', in complex environmental liquid and solid matrices was analysed in this study. The development of global analytical methods based on combustion ion chromatography (CIC) is...
journal article 2024
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Koopmans, Jaap (author)
According to the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), there will be more focus on tackling the unhealthy effects of urbanization in the near future. This together with the presence of a large stock of vacant buildings and other developments within these urban areas and the challenges which are formed by the developments in...
master thesis 2023
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Psyllidis, A. (author)
Can planning and design influence health and well-being in urban settings? Even though it was the public health issues faced by industrial cities that originally gave rise to the field of city planning, their paths have diverged over the years.However, how human settlements are planned, designed, and built can drastically improve or harm human...
book chapter 2023
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Cavallo, R. (author)
book chapter 2023
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The book is about future cities and possible scenarios for city futures. A question central to this book is how to face urban challenges while providing and safeguarding positive outcomes, concerned with the improvement of the quality of urban life: How can future cities be made more liveable, sustainable, and resilient? How can cities continue...
book 2023
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Veddeler, C.B. (author), Kuijper, J.A. (author), Gath-Morad, Michal (author), van der Wal, I.A. (author)
book chapter 2023
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Veddeler, C.B. (author), Kuijper, J.A. (author), Gath-Morad, Michal (author), van der Wal, I.A. (author)
book chapter 2023
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Gath-Morad, Michal (author), van der Wal, I.A. (author), Veddeler, C.B. (author), Kuijper, J.A. (author)
book chapter 2023
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Kotaesh, Khalil (author)
We are living in a perfect storm of catastrophes; overpopulation, desertification, deterioration of biodiversity, and a weakened ecological system are threatening our current way of living. It is essential we look for new ways of living and building. This paper is an experimental research on how to use waste-based brick as a building material to...
master thesis 2022
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Aldana Trujillo, David (author)
Anthropogenic development is the main actor in the destruction of our planet. <br/>Urbanization, industrialization, and agriculture have been expanding exponentially at a global scale in an attempt to create prosperity and progress. Still, in the process of this never-ending pursuit of betterment for the human race, we are killing native...
master thesis 2021
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Gabriel Guedes da Silva, L. (author)
Cells are complex systems continuously exposed to changing, dynamic environments. Understanding how cells respond and adapt is of great interest not only from a fundamental viewpoint but also for the development of solutions for current challenges in medical, industrial and environmental research fields.<br/><br/>In this thesis, the bacterial...
doctoral thesis 2021
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van Wee, G.P. (author)
Cycling is increasingly receiving attention in research and policy and practice, in many cities and regions in the world. The focus is mainly on cycling infrastructure and effects on travel behavior and health. The economics of cycling have not received a lot of attention yet. This chapter gives an overview of the current state of knowledge...
book chapter 2021
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Cai, Shitao (author)
Global warming is one of the most significant concerns for human beings today in the 21st century. Under this circumstance, countries and regions around the world are taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. China, as the world's largest emitter, plays an important role in reducing carbon emissions worldwide. This paper aims to find the...
master thesis 2020
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Manzanares Milord, G. (author)
The building industry is responsible for 36% of global final energy use (Global Alliance for Building and Construction, 2018), 39% of CO2 Emissions (Global Alliance for Building and Construction, 2017) and 50% of global waste in just cities (Ellen Macarthur Foundation, 2017). This is mainly due to the linear economy model which is still the...
master thesis 2020
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van Coeverden, L. (author)
What would the world look like when we, as people, live more in harmony with our direct natural environment? Living more connected to nature can be beneficial for people as well as the earth itself. The question here is where are we now and how far can we go? De neighbourhood of De Werven, located in Almere-Haven, offers great potential for this...
master thesis 2020
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Annema, J.A. (author)
This chapter explores the extent to which the adoption of highly automated vehicles (AVs) will lead to carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emission reduction in the future. Additionally, policy implications are given. Based on existing literature, this chapter shows that the adoption of AVs will result in a modest improvement of CO<sub>2</sub>...
book chapter 2020
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van Batenburg, Kimberley (author), van Heijningen, Boudewijn (author), Hoogendoorn, Hugo (author), Klarenbeek, Lara (author), Ridderinkhof, Geert (author)
Growth of world population, sea level rise, land subsidence and climate change gives new challenges for the present and the future. A new innovative approach of engineers is needed to reach socio-economic development with care for the environment. In the Netherlands, an EcoShape consortium is initiated where multiple experts came together from...
student report 2019
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Rasing, Sjoerd (author)
“It was generally believed that losing one’s life to a hurricane is… something that happens in far-away places,” the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh wrote in his 2017 book ‘The Great Derangement’ (p. 26). The current climate and environmental crises are in the very first place crises of culture, crises of imagination. [...] An idea in close...
master thesis 2019
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Ho-Huu, V. (author), Hartjes, S. (author), Visser, H.G. (author), Curran, R. (author)
At many airports, ground track segments may be shared by different departure routes, and the population living underneath these segments is exposed to all aircraft movements which are sent to these routes. This may cause negative community reaction to authorities and policymakers, leading to objections against the expansion of airport and...
conference paper 2019
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Hiemstra, Wilma (author)
In an ongoing movement of urbanization, life seems to mostly happen in planned environments while the untouched part of the world sometimes seems to be disconnected from people’s lives. These landscapes can only be fully understood and valued by a physical, sensory experience of it, not by looking at 2D representations. What defines a person’s...
master thesis 2018
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