Waterschaarste: Hoe de beleidsontwikkelingen aangevuld kunnen worden om aan te sluiten op de veranderingen die optreden tot en met 2050

In dit onderzoek is onderzocht welke aanvullingen in het waterschaarstebeleid ervoor kunnen zorgen dat de beleidsontwikkelingen in Nederland aansluiten op de optredende verandering tot en met 2050. Hierbij is enerzijds in kaart gebracht hoe het beleid, met betrekking tot waterschaarste, zich heeft ontwikkeld van de Eerste Nota Waterhuishouding...

Building Resilience: Analyzing Beira’s Drainage Network and Flood Management: The impact of failure mechanisms on flooding in informal settlements

This research analyses and evaluates the performance of the drainage system in Beira, Mozambique. It considers its formation, maintenance, failure modes and connections, to recommend improvements on its performance. The research identifies six primary failure modes - vegetation overgrowth, human interference, waste accumulation, sedimentation,...

An Interdisciplinary Study on the Parana Delta of Argentina

With combined efforts from water management, architectural and hydraulic engineering students, an interdisciplinary and resilient design is set up for the Paraná Delta. The design relates to all the current environmental, architectural and flood risk challenges - among others, as well as the potential issues in the future since the Paraná Delta...

Assessment of flood early warning and response in an urbanized catchment: A case study of the Tub Ma basin in Thailand

Rapid urbanization has altered the natural hydrological cycle of the Tub Ma catchment, inducing major floods after heavy rainfall events. For that reason, structural mitigation measures were built, including floodwalls along the channel and a pumping station at the outlet. However, no operational rules were available for operating the river...

The design of an early warning system for floods in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: A case study for the local bus company

With climate change increasing its mark on all aspects of the hydrological cycle, societies all over the world living in flood-prone areas are increasingly exposed to flood hazards. In many parts of the world, especially in less developed areas, societies lack knowledge and data to predict future flood events. By predicting a future flood event,...

PDAM Tirtawening: Investigating flow problems in the supply pipeline of PDAM Tirtawening.

The drinking water company PDAM Tirtawening has two pipelines that supply raw water to the treatment plant. The pipelines stretch out for 31 kilometers from Chikalong(small nearby town) to the treatment plant in Badaksinga in Bandung. For one of those pipelines the current flow to the treatment plant is well below the design flow. The original...

Energie uit een polderdak: Is het mogelijk om met een polderdak een gebouw energiezuinig te verwarmen of af te koelen?

Because the earth loses her heat less efficient, the average global temperature rises. As a result, more extreme weather conditions occur. In urban environments, rain during these extreme weather conditions cannot be discharged immediately. A Polder Roof, a combination of a blue and green roof, provides a solution for this problem. This roof...

Feasibility Study on Deep Seawater Solutions for Manado: ROTEC

Due to climate change and growing cities, water scarcity is becoming one of the futures biggest problems. On top of that, the population and prosperity of cities around the equator are growing fast. Meaning that the need for electricity, cooling and drinking water will grow fast in the following decades. ROTEC’s vision is that these growing...

Dynamisch Haringvliet: Waar land en water ontmoeten

Door het creëren van een bufferzone langs het Haringvliet ontstaat een dynamisch landschap. Dit landschap is adaptief aan ontwikkelingen in de toekomst wat betreft het openen van de Haringvlietsluizen (zoet-zout gradiënt, getij) en de toenemende hoeveelheden water vanuit de Noordzee en het Haringvliet. Het ontwerp is benaderd vanuit 4...

Implementation of the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan: Identifying and Overcoming Socio-Institutional Constraints

The Greater New Orleans area suffers from flooding caused by extreme rainfall events on a yearly basis. Since most stormwater is flushed into the drainage system via mostly impervious surface, water does not infiltrate into the ground, which causes subsidence due to soil drying out, which causes damages to roads, buildings and underground...

The Framework for Integrated Water Management in the Thua Thien-Hue Province

The Thua Thien-Hue province is located in the centre of Vietnam. It is characterized by the short distance between the mountains in the west and the coast of the South China Sea in the east. Two large rivers flow through the province, fed by multiple smaller rivers from the mountains. The Bo River flows through the northern part of the province...

Toepassing optimalisatietechnieken in het kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve waterbeheer in Nederland

In hoofdstuk 2 wordt behandeld welke gebruikersgroepen schade ondervinden van watertekort en/of een te hoge zoutconcentratie van het water. Hiermee komen we op het afwegen van belangen tussen gebruikers op een bepaalde plaats en een afweging tussen gebruikers in verschillende gebieden. In hoofdstuk 3 wordt ingegaan op het kwantitatieve...