Tag Archives: infrastructure

Water to Nepal – emergency aid

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Natasja

The recent earthquakes in Nepal have left much of the population without basic utilities like good quality drinking water. It takes some time before these basic untilities have become available due to the lack of material and the difficulties faced … Continue reading →

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Human trails in an urban environment

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Natasja

 I love walking around a city and observe people, and observe how people interact with the urban environment. In the same way you would if you were to study a group of monkeys in their natural habitat. And just like … Continue reading →

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The perfect urban delta

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Natasja

Yesterday I had the privilege to attend the KIVI year conference focused on Delta Cities. After 3 sessions and  a wonderful plenary program (which included a very educational keynote speech by the vice chairman of the China institute for innovation and … Continue reading →

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Linking public health and urban planning

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Natasja

Since the beginning of March 2014 I have been following the online course TechniCity to further educate me in the future of cities. In this course I have learned about the increasing availability of networks, sensors and mobile technologies, which allow … Continue reading →

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Exploring challenges in water, sanitation and hygiene

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Natasja

The Millennium Development Goal 7 (MDG7) Target 10 is to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Almost 1.9 billion people gained access to improved sanitation facilities from 1990 to … Continue reading →

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Development of sanitation infrastructure in slums

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Natasja

In the spring of 2013 I followed the course Managing Urban Environmental Infrastructure at Wageningen University. As part of the work my group developed a possible scenario for the development of the sanitation infrastructure in slums. The following part was … Continue reading →

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