Shanghai Pudong: Urban development in an era of global-local interaction

The emerging of large-scale urban (re)development projects presents a complex situation for local urban managers to deal with. They involve various local-global actors, public-private sectors and flow of finance and know-how from far beyond local city boundaries. Developing projects as such can be prolonged. In the development of Pudong New Area...

Refining Green Plants to Protein Cakes and other useful products in the African country Zambia

Basis of Design for a process to refine green plants

Study on mechanism for water pricing

Water resources contribute greatly to human well being, both directly and indirectly. Water resources are irreplaceable natural resources, and are limited. However, due to a growing population and related economic development, the water demand from urban, industry and agriculture has increased dramatically. Water shortage has become one of the...

Application of the Delft Numerical models in the Lower Yellow River

Because of heavy deposition and water shortage, the Yellow River faces the risk of flooding and no-flow since the middle of 1980s. The problem could be solved only by integrated water management. However, Dutch has a long history fighting the flood and gets a lot of experiences in water management, especially river ecosystem recovered after 1993...

Notes on the Hwangho, or Yellow River including extracts from a report on the condition of the south bank immediately below Lo-k’ou

Description of the banks of the Yellow River, protection works. Also describes the works of Johannis de Rijke; especially mentions “pakwerk”. Description of rive regulation works and groynes. Publication contains a longitudinal profile and several maps.