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van den Broek, Ruben (author)Introduction Holland PTC (Delft, The Netherlands) is an independent outpatient clinic where ten different types of cancer are treated with Pencil Beam Scanning (PBS). Some of these cancer types are situated in the thoracic region and therefore exposed to breathing motion. The interplay between the dynamic pencil beam delivered in PBS and the...master thesis 2023
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Kramer, Coen (author)The Province of South Holland is conducting a heritage project to explore the historical significance of barge canals and their future role in a changing climate. This thesis aims to address the water challenges posed by increased floods and droughts caused by climate change through the implementation of a water buffersystem. The buffer should...master thesis 2023
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Peek, Lisa (author)The Province of South-Holland is one of the fastest-growing regions of the Netherlands. The metropolitan provides employment opportunities, has an (inter) national mobility network, and houses densely urbanised landscapes. Because of these benefits, the population keeps increasing. This reflects the need for an addition of 200.000 dwellings in...master thesis 2023
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Verschoor, Barten (author)In our contemporary quest to live and build more sustainably, the lessons that one can learn from the understanding of vernacular architecture, as well as the use of (engineered) timber in construction are often praised. Like in many other European countries throughout history, timber once was the most important construction material in the...student report 2023
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Arish Hasan, Arish (author)BaCla is a new stochastic parametric precipitation model to estimate rainfall associated with Tropical cyclones (TCs) in a computationally efficient way. It is validated for a number of calibration cases along with the current benchmark IPET deterministic method. The results of these models are compared with the observed StageIV-based rainfall....master thesis 2022
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Verheul, W.J. (author), Verdaas, J.C. (author), Verwayen, A.B. (author), Lammers, I. (author)Landschappelijke kwaliteiten als groen en water worden breed gewaardeerd maar staan ook onder forse (financiële) druk. De Leerstoel Gebiedsontwikkeling deed onderzoek: hoe voorkomen we dat groenblauw sneuvelt in het gevecht om de schaarse ruimte? Conclusie: opschalen, het bundelen van kosten en baten en betere regionale samenwerking zijn...report 2022
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Mulder, Milou (author), Stecher, Emilie (author), Tarozzo Kawasaki, Maria (author), te Velde, Roos (author), Wu, Jiaying (author)The Netherlands, and in particular South–Holland, is to a large extent below sea level, making the region vulnerable to environmental challenges linked to climate change. According to IPCC, a sea-level rise of two to five metres is not excluded, while the Delta committee advised the government recently to not invest in new infrastructure in the...student report 2022
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van Balken, Kim (author), SONG, Jinlai (author), van Oorschot, Timo (author), xu, ziqi (author)With the growing world population and concerns about resource scarcity, environmental pressures, and social challenges more and more industries have a growing interest in transitioning towards a circular economy.<br/><br/>In South Holland, specifically in the port of Rotterdam, the ship manufacturing sector requires fundamental change....student report 2022
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Amieva Gomez, Ana Paula (author), Kanj, Tara (author), van der Bijl, Isa (author), Eapen, Ann (author), Engel, Claudia (author)‘Down to Earth’ proposes regenerative soil as the foundation of an innovative bio-based region in South Holland, that connects society and economy on all scales while restoring ecological systems. Agricultural Practices that have heavily relied on tilling and the heavy use of chemical fertilizers has reduced the quality of the topsoil...student report 2022
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Muller, Larissa (author), Spanos, Charalampos (author), CHARILAOU, ANDRIA (author), Charatkar, Sanika (author)The Port of Rotterdam has always been a pivotal player in the energy sector. Predominantly, in the oil-based generation of energy and the consequent export of raw material. However, there is a need for a systemic shift in the energy sector as the Netherlands embarks toward its goal to become 100% carbon neutral by 2050. <br/>An analysis of the...student report 2022
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SHEN, Fran (author), Peek, Lisa (author), Kuiters, Timon (author)Food. It is grown, processed, distributed, sold, eaten and then oftentimes<br/>carelessly discarded. In the European Union, 88 million tonnes<br/>of food waste is produced each year, while the Netherlands stands<br/>out as the EU’s largest producer. Food waste causes soil degradation,<br/>emits significant amounts of greenhouse gasses and can...student report 2022
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van den Berg, Anna (author), Chang, Nicole (author), Ramonas, Algirdas (author), Zhao, Mia (author)The Province of South Holland, not unlike the other provinces in the Netherlands, has a big housing demand. To meet it more building materials are needed in a short time frame. The current building sector is not environmentally friendly. Hence, a transition to a more sustainable building sector is necessary. Bio-based building materials are the...student report 2022
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van Haren, Mick (author)Because of the fortunate absence of great flood events in The Netherlands during the second half of the twentieth century, no physical data was added to the structural understanding of flood fragility on walls. Considering that during the same period the cavity wall became standard in the construction of houses, a certain inconsistency can be...master thesis 2021
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Shek, Ka-Way (author)In the past decades, beach nourishments have been widely applied along the coast of the Netherlands. Different studies on beach nourishment have been conducted over the years. Most of these studies regard the design, execution method, morpho- and hydrodynamic behaviour, and ecological impact. However, the relationship between the design aspects...master thesis 2021
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Brouwer, Juliette (author), van Eck, Miriam (author), Hermans, Joëlle (author), Louwen, Tijmen (author), Rensman, Cynthia (author)Human driven pollution is causing irreversible damage to the habitability of our planet. Due to these environmental concerns, it has become imperative to move away from petrochemical dependency as this industry contributes significant greenhouse gases causing air, soil and water pollution. About 85% of the petrochemical industry that travels...student report 2021
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Inglezaki, Katerina (author), Bakker, Boris (author), Petter, Lilly (author), Elango, oviya (author), Erami, Yoran (author)The future poses a major problem of feeding 9 billion people by 2050, while the current system of agriculture in itself is unsustainable and demands resources which exceed the planetary boundaries. Further continuing this trend of exploitation and destruction of ecology will only worsen the planetary stresses the Anthropocene has established....student report 2021
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de Jong, Jannine (author), Jansen op de Haar, Carmen (author), Shapiro, Ohad (author), Wang, Jiaqi (author), Corbeek, Max (author)By 2050, South-Holland will transform into a transition based urbanity with value change at its core. Currently, consumers are disconnected from where their food is produced, leading to a high environmental impact, unhealthy choices and social injustice to the farmers’ work. The proposed strategy of change for the region would see South Holland...student report 2021
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KARADIMITRIOU, IOANNA (author), YUAN, BOWEN (author), Demetriadou, Leto (author), van Esch, Marieke (author), Bos, Hannah (author)“Building a Fair Transition” strives for a fair circular built environment in the Dutch province of South Holland. By 2040 South Holland aims to have built 210.000 new dwellings to meet the rapidly growing housing demand. This transition in the built environment should align with current climate agreements and be as energy neutral as possible....student report 2021
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van den Berg, Anne (author), Gerlich, Donne (author), van Oevelen, Lotte (author), Pries, Eelkje (author), Yan, Kefei (author)The province of South Holland has many important stakeholders and drivers that impact the economy of the whole of The Netherlands. This, together with the increasing global need for circularity, is why the province has an important task in the near future to take steps towards a circular economy. To address this task, this report has chosen to...student report 2021