Quantifying Nature-based Solutions for The Hague: A comparative analysis of spatial assessment methodologies

With a global trend towards urbanisation, the resilience of humanity against economic, social and environmental challenges increasingly shifts from rural to urban areas. Where green and blue infrastructure are expected to mitigate some of the impacts of heat waves or storm events for the urban environment, current assessment methodologies to...

Resilience by Renovation: Opportunities for nature-based climate change resilience alongside the renovation of Amsterdam’s quay wall waterfronts

Quay walls are waterfront structures that have a simple, yet important function: separating land from water and in doing so support functions on both land and water. These functions include providing stable land for the construction of buildings, roads, and the safe movement of people on land. On the waterside, quay walls are needed for...

The Dynamics of Urban Ecosystem Governance in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

We explore whether Rotterdam city has the governance capacity in terms of processes at place, and the attention in terms of vision and strategy to take up an integrated approach toward urban resilience. We adopt an interpretative policy analysis approach to assess the dynamics of urban ecosystem governance considering interviews, gray literature...