Transforming Engineering Education in Learning Ecosystems for Resilient Engineers

TU Delft education system is transformed on three levels: 1) new courses and projects in existing B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs for multidisciplinary and reflective learning; 2) new M.Sc. programs focusing on multi and interdisciplinarity, personal development, and professional skills; and 3) central Interdisciplinary Projects for Master Students...

A fourth way to the digital transformation: The data republic as a fair data ecosystem

To harness the promises of digital transformation, different players take different paths. Departing from corporate-driven (e.g., the United States) and state-led (e.g., China) approaches, in various documents, the European Union states its goal to establish a citizen-centric data ecosystem. However, it remains contentious the extent to which...

NCORS Open Data Ecosystem: Beyond Open Data!

Promoting digital innovation: Identifying the key elements in agricultural open data ecosystem in Croatia

Open data is critical for digital innovation in the sector of agriculture. We aimed to identify the four key elements of the open data ecosystem for the agricultural domain in Croatia. 357 data files available via the Croatian Open data portal, the internet pages of the Ministry of agriculture, the Croatian agency for agriculture and food, as...

Open Data Exposed

This book is about open data, i.e. data that does not have any barriers in the (re)use. Open data aims to optimize access, sharing and using data from a technical, legal, financial, and intellectual perspective. Data increasingly determines the way people live their lives today. Nowadays, we cannot imagine a life without real-time traffic...

The wicked problem of commercial value creation in open data ecosystems: Policy guidelines for governments

Creating commercial value through open data use in open data ecosystems is a wicked problem. This problem is characterized by a lack of specific formulation, complex interactions amongst a variety of stakeholders, a lack of criteria determining a satisfactory solution, including what constitutes `value', and uncertain outcomes. Wicked problems...

Innovation with open data: Essential elements of open data ecosystems

Open data ecosystems are expected to bring many advantages, such as stimulating citizen participation and innovation. However, scant attention has been given to what constitutes an open data ecosystem. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of essential elements of open data ecosystems for enabling easy publication and use of open...

Identification of the impact time-courses on surrounding assemblages

The aim of these studies were to analyse the extension of the area of influence of a low crested structure on the surrounding soft bottoms and on their infaunal assemblages. For this purpose, a new sampling design allowing to collect samples at a successive distance from the low crested structure have been adopted by the different teams, in...

Assessment of direct and indirect effects of breakwater design on species assemblages in soft bottom habitats

Results of sampling at Cubelles (Catalunya, Spain), Elmer (Wessex, UK) and Lido di Dante (Italy).

Assessment of direct and indirect effects of breakwaters on the recruitment, growth and survival of epibiota

Investigations on the colonisations of organisms after teh construction of a breakwater, case studies from Italy, Spain, Denmark and UK.

Matching hydraulics and ecology in water systems

Starosolsky, Ö. - Introduction Hjorth, P., Kobus, H., Nachtnebel, H.P., Nottage, A. Robarts, R. - Relating hydraulicts and ecological processes Bogardi, I., Saeijs, H.L.F., Vrijling, J.K. - Involvement of ecology in decision process Saeijs, H.L., Van der Zwaard, J.J. The subsystem Rivers Bogardi, Il, Hjorth, P. Robarts, R, - The susbsystem Lakes...

Manual for Investigation of Hydrological Processes in Mangrove Ecosystems

A description of Mangrove ecosystems. Especially the hydrological processes in these ecosystems are described. The rapport can be used as manual for studies in these Mangrove ecosystems as the rapport gives several points of attention for these studies. Furthermore the rapport gives several hints on how to analyze the data. Next to these hints...

Biological research ems-dollard estuary

This book, written primarily for decision-makers in the various government agencies concerned with the management of the estuary, describes the Ems-Dollard ecosystem and the forces operating on the ecosystem. The book contains the results of the BOEDE project, a multi-disciplinary investigation into the structure and function of an estuarine...