Nature Based Solutions

Bewogen beweging: Landschap onder de kap

The theory of Chris van Leeuwen: Some important elements

Chris van Leeuwen (1920-2005) was a lecturer and later Professor of Ecology at the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology from 1970 until his retirement in 1987. His work not only formed the basis for thinking on sustainable built environments at the Faculty of Architecture, but also formed the basis for national policies...

Engineering in the Anthropocene

Green-blue multifunctional infrastructure: An urban landscape system design new approach

Cities exhibit unique and ever-changing spatial layouts formed by nested natural and socio-economic systems, sub-systems and components resulting from exchange, interaction, and interdependency processes. In this context, managing surface water in urban areas requires new approaches that integrate the knowledge about territorial patterns and...

Verwarrende tijden

Op 10 mei 2013 meldde het Mauna Loa Observatorium hoog in de bergen van Hawaii dat de hoeveelheid CO2 in de aardse atmosfeer de 400 deeltjes per miljoen (ppm) was gemeten. 400 ppm was uiteraard al eerder op verschillende plekken gemeten en overschreden maar de metingen op dit hoge, in het midden van de Pacific gelegen, meetpunt zijn aanvaard als...