Strategies to decrease water shortage in South-East Brabant: A groundwater model case-study

The Netherlands has suffered form three successive dry summers resulting in a lowering of the groundwater table, causing water shortage. Also in the area of Water BoardDe Dommel, locatedwithin the province of Brabant, water shortage is a common problem. This results in water abstraction restrictions for farmers in the crop season every year....

Assess the future social acceptance of the sustainable heating system in Amsterdam Southeast by using Cross-Impact Balances analysis

The long time horizon of sustainable energy developments is often associated with all sorts of issues that are caused by changes in values. The public attitude can be affected by these changes and potential risks in the lack of social acceptance could occur, which always lead to public oppositions to the implementation of the sustainable energy...

Infrastructure life cycle management under climate change uncertainty: A new dynamic method applied to road tunnels in the Netherlands

Objective: Static long-term decision-making processes for road assets adaptation on the dynamic effects of climate change seem to be ineffective because the proposed proactive measures might not address the actual climate at the fixed date the decision-maker imposes them to be implemented but by giving a time range of expected implementation in...

Using simulation models and model interpretations for long-term policy-making in cities: Case study of long-term planning of office space in Amsterdam

Simulation models are increasingly used to substantiate long-term planning policy decisions. The communication of model results from modellers to policy-makers has not received much attention by scholars. While, without correct interpretation and correct use of model results the quality of the model itself is irrelevant for the impact of the...

Marine Fleet Optimization for Offshore Substation Maintenance: An application for the German and Dutch Offshore Transmission Grid

To convey the energy coming from offshore wind-farms to the end-users, a network of offshore transmission platforms with sub-sea cables is in place, functioning as the supply chain for electricity. This research addresses the development of an optimization model, OptiFleet, which targets the problem of vessel fleet management to perform the...

Long-term planning of large interventions within complex and dynamic infrastructure systems: Introducing a decision-support method for strategic intervention planning

Cities are rapidly transforming, and infrastructures are not always resistant to these future developments. On a global scale cities are growing into mega cities, whilst counter urbanization causes significant population declines. To adapt infrastructures against these future developments, infrastructure asset management can be applied. <br/><br...

Long-Term Infrastructure Planning of Airport System in Developing Country

Adaptive Port Masterplanning for Europoort at Port of Rotterdam

Waterborne transport infrastructures play a crucial role in global integration, and ports are key components to materialise this amalgamation. However they are constantly challenged to keep fulfilling their functions in a changing environment. Port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe and the Western hemisphere too, faces those challenges on...