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Wastewater in Ahmedabad – part 2 : A SOLUTION
My previous blog described an excursion to factories discharging their wastewater in the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. As part of the program Wetskills I joined a collaboration between 11 other Dutch participates and 13 participants from India to solve 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Social, Water
Tagged Ahmedabad, development, environment, future, India, Industry, information technology, public health, sanitation, slums, social behaviour, urban, Wastewater, water, water quality, Watermanagement
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Wastewater in Ahmedabad – part 1: THE PROBLEM
Last week I was in India, in the city of Ahmedabad, standing on a bridge over the river Sabarmati. The sun is shining bright and the view over the river basin is incredible. I had just returned from a full … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering/Technology, Water
Tagged development, engineering, environment, fashion, future, Industry, public health, urban, Wastewater, water
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Are we going forward or reverse?
In the Netherlands we are very proud of our tap water. It is of excellent quality, widely available and incredibly cheap. Due to the reasonably good quality of surface waters and the good quality of the groundwater sources it has … Continue reading
Posted in Engineering/Technology, Water
Tagged anthropogenic, concentrate, engineering, environment, forward osmosis, future, micropollutants, osmosis, public health, reverse osmosis, RO, water
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Human trails in an urban environment
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
Posted in Social, Urban
Tagged development, dutch cross, environment, gum, infrastructure, public health, social behaviour, urban, waste
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Linking public health and urban planning
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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Tagged Amsterdam, development, environment, future, infrastructure, public health, urban
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