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Van Zanten, S.C. (author)The Sand Motor is a unique and dynamic solution for coastal erosion, aimed at distributing the nourished sand along the Delfland coast. Besides enhancing coastal protection, the Sand Motor has been designed to also provide opportunities for recreation and nature development. The contributions of ecosystems to human well-being, that arise from...master thesis 2016
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Jie, Q.K. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. The coming decades, the building sector is facing challenges to reduce its impact as one of the major contributors on global problems, like resource depletion, pollution and climate change. The concept of Circular Economy,...master thesis 2016
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Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A.M.G. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), van de Kaa, G. (author), Poulis, K. (author)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...journal article 2016
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Guo, Jie (author), Bouwman, W.A.G.A. (author)Purpose: To understand why the penetration of handset-based mobile payment in most countries is still low has been an important research topic for the last 15 years, and it has been analyzed from different perspectives. However, the analysis of a single aspect cannot provide a sophisticated answer to the complicated underlying question. The...journal article 2016
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Brakel, S.F. (author)Because of its central location, the Buffalo Bayou is a strategic site for interventions. Reducing flood risk can be done by absorbing rainfall and storm surge flooding into the urban fabric around the Bayou. Soft borders from the Buffalo Bayou should be extended into the urban fabric and vice versa to strengthen the interactions and the...master thesis 2015
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Niu, L. (author)There is an increasing concern about the interactions between phytoplankton and coastal ecosystems, especially on the negative effects from coastal eutrophication and phytoplankton blooms. As the key indicator of the coastal ecosystem, phytoplankton plays an important role in the whole impact-effect chain. Primary production by phytoplankton...doctoral thesis 2015
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Groeneveld, B. (author)A strategic, multi-scalar and multi-actor approach to revitalizing the existing water-, waste-. and food systems within the Shenzhen SEZ is assessed and modelled. Concordant local interventions are furthermore implemented, integrating local conditions into the overarching strategy. Furthermore, a phenomenological view of these systems is...master thesis 2015
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Pham, N.Q. (author), Tran, H.N. (author), Thi, K.V.L. (author), Nong, A.B. (author), Rutten, M.M. (author)Ecosystems are providing a stream of essential goods and services for the national socio-economic prosperity and welfare; paradoxically, these services have to suffer a high vulnerability against the increasingly uncontrolled use of human beings. World-wide researchers and authorities are working to ensure the sustainability of nature; and...conference paper 2015
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Buda, A. (author)Open data movement is gaining widespread attention and spans across a variety of sectors (public, private, academic and civil). The last ten years have seen significant progress in opening of access to government datasets (Davies, 2010). This openness of public data has brought several benefits as: great transparency, innovation and the rise of...master thesis 2015
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Arecco, P.H.E. (author)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...master thesis 2015
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Geboers, E. (author)A research into greening the desert with seawater which proposes the construction of a seawater infrastructure in which seawater is separated into fresh water and salt. The fresh water is used for growing crops in greenhouses, the salt is used for creating architecture. The developed typology is that of a salt factory in which salt building...master thesis 2015
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Steegers, K.A.P. (author)Deltas are of great importance to humans all over the world. They are densely populated coastal areas, where land arises from sea. An amazing gradient where two worlds meet and nature and humans proliferate traditionally. Yet this gradient increasingly disappears due to the great technical advances since the 19th century, which tried to control...master thesis 2015
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Hu, Z. (author)Tidal flat landscape formation and evolution are closely related to the biotic and abiotic processes that take place in the intertidal environments. Extensive studies have been carried out on the relevant agents such as hydrodynamics, sediment transport and the related ecosystem (vegetation and benthic communities) dynamics. However, the...doctoral thesis 2015
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Kruizinga, J. (author)Design for Life underlines the key-role of the architect in contributing to life. Life meaning both the functioning of life systems as well as the quality of life. It shows that, even though architects tend to mainly focus on practical and technical solutions, contributing to the quality of life is evenly essential for it creates the opportunity...master thesis 2015
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Vrolijk, E.F. (author)The world population is growing. Together with the population, the need for resources is growing, as is the need for the transportation of these resources. A significant part is carried out through marine transport, directly relating to the increasing need for port development. All over the world, a shift increasingly occurs towards applying...master thesis 2015
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Van Oudenhoven, A.P.E. (author), Siahainenia, A.J. (author), Sualia, I. (author), Tonneijck, F.H. (author), Van der Ploeg, S. (author), De Groot, R.S. (author)Indonesia is home to the largest area of mangrove forests in the world. Urban expansion, aquaculture farms, oil-palm plantations and timber extraction have caused an estimated decline of about 1.2 million hectares of Indonesias mangroves since the 1980s, and currently only 3 million hectares remain. The major cause of mangrove conversion is...report 2014
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Gao, H. (author), Hrachowitz, M. (author), Schymanski, S.J. (author), Fenicia, F.F. (author), Sriwongsitanon, N. (author), Savenije, H.H.G. (author)The root zone moisture storage capacity (SR) of terrestrial ecosystems is a buffer providing vegetation continuous access to water and a critical factor controlling land-atmospheric moisture exchange, hydrological response, and biogeochemical processes. However, it is impossible to observe directly at catchment scale. Here, using data from 300...journal article 2014
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Kuzniecow Bacchin, T. (author), Ashley, R. (author), Sijmons, D.F. (author), Zevenbergen, C. (author), Van Timmeren, A. (author)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...conference paper 2014
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Chin, M.F. (author)The use of next generation mobile internet is increasing in developing countries and provide end-users in developing countries with access to worldwide mobile services. The consequences for operators are declining revenues per user because of the increased use of mobile internet and decreased use of voice and text services. The declining...master thesis 2014
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Liu, J. (author)Hundreds of new towns are being built or planned today in China, which mostly remove the existing agricultural landscape. The study is motivated by a very simple question: instead of being eaten up by new towns, can agricultural landscape perform more actively in the process of development? I pick Guangming, a new town being built in Shenzhen,...master thesis 2014