Integrated housing supply chain model for innovation: Narrative analysis towards developing pathways methodology

There are significant problems in the supply of housing in Australia yet very little attention has been paid to the housing construction supply chain. To date the housing supply debate has been largely focussed on housing demand, affordability and land supply. It is contended that one of the key causal factors of poor housing supply is the poor...

Realizing Service Migration in Industry - Lessons Learned

In this paper, we present two descriptive case studies covering the re-engineering and further evolution of adopting service oriented architecture (SOA) in industry. The first case was carried out for a company in the transport sector with an application portfolio of over 700 systems. The second case study was conducted for an organization in...

Successful SDIs: Does the Marine Geo-sector provide a much-needed beacon?

With Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) in the process of being implemented in most EU Member States, the aim is to develop a European spatial data infrastructure. INSPIRE is to facilitate the exchange of...

Re-use of public sector hydrographic information: Is the maritime sector a guiding beacon or a slow turning ship?

In the last decade, there has been ample research to determine the potential economic value of public sector information (PSI), both on national level as well as on European level. Most of this research has focused on the re-use of PSI in the land-based geo-sector but little is known about re-using PSI in the maritime sector. Especially...

Heavy metal pollution and sediment transport in the rhinemeuse estuary, using a 2D model Delft3D: Water quality and calamities. Case study Biesbosch

Different measures will be executed in the framework PKB “Room for the River” in order to lower the water levels in the river area during normative high discharges. The plan Ontpoldering Noordwaard is one of them and has as aim to inundate parts of the Noordwaard during high discharges. Water coming from the Nieuwe Merwede as result of high...

Analysis of track and soil behaviour at transition zones: Case study near Gouda Goverwelle

The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the world. Structural, partly preventative, maintenance of the rail infrastructure is essential to ensure that such a busy network remains safe and free of faults. A substantial amount of position maintenance is currently necessary for the upkeep of the Dutch rail network and, in comparison with...

Analyzing opportunities for using interactive augmented prototyping in design practice

The use of tangible objects is paramount in industrial design. Throughout the design process physical prototypes are used to enable exploration, simulation, communication, and specification of designs. Although much is known about prototyping skills and technologies, the reasons why and how such models are employed in design practice are poorly...

Kansen voor decentrale drinkwatervoorziening in Nederland: Flexwater pilot De Draai, Heerhugowaard

Dit rapport beschrijft de resultaten aan van een case study die is uitgevoerd rond de geplande nieuwbouwwijk De Draai in Heerhugowaard. Wij hebben de mogelijkheden in beeld gebracht om het lokale oppervlaktewatersysteem aan te wenden als bron voor drinkwater. Een belangrijke vraag is in hoeverre een sluitende waterbalans mogelijk is zonder...

Adopting and Evaluating Service Oriented Architecture in Industry

In this paper, we present a descriptive case study covering the re-engineering and furhter evolution of adopting service oriented architecture (SOA) in industry. The goal of this case study is to identify the possible benefits and bottlenecks of adopting SOA, as well as to come up with best practices and research directions based on real-life...

Qualitative futures research for innovation

This is about how commercial organisations use qualitative methods of futures research, such as scenarios, roadmapping and trend-analysis, in their innovation processes. The linkages etween innviation proceses and the methids can take place in different ways.