Urban Ecosystem Participation in Extraction Landscapes: ‘Extraction Ecologies’

The ecological, climate and urban crisis globally takes place in anthropocene landscapes. Human settlement interacts with the landscape in creating a new topography and draw on resources. This explorative research looked into four landscapes of extraction, drink water, geothermal water, wood and iron, in which different forms of critical...

Urban Ecosystem Participation in Extreme Landscapes

The ecological, climate and urban crisis globally takes place in extreme landscapes. Events like tsunamis, hurricanes, extreme drought and cold, or extreme urbanizations even the Netherlands as extreme is taken as starting point for explorative research. The research looked into a wide spectrum of six cases of extreme landscapes: drought,...

Voices on Sustainable Ports in Africa: Stories from Tema Port, Ghana

Ports provide an essential link to the world market, enabling countries to trade their goods and strengthen their economies. However, the global and regional benefits of port developments do not always translate into benefits to local stakeholders. There is often a mismatch between the positive global and regional effects of port development and...

Integral Design of Multifunctional Flood Defenses: Multidisciplinary Approaches and Examples

Multifunctional flood defenses protect areas against flooding, but<br/>serve other functions as well. Although these types of defenses<br/>can be seen almost everywhere, they pose special technical and<br/>governance challenges.<br/><br/>This book is about a unique interdisciplinary research program<br/>developed to tackle some of the issues...