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Tag Archives: urban
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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Whatever floats your boat
Last march I participated in a 36 hour engineering challenge organized by VPDelta in the harbor of Rotterdam. The challenges was to build a floating platform with the main purpose of urban poor residential usage, full scale size 6m x … Continue reading
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Tagged development, engineering, future, urban, water, Watermanagement
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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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The perfect urban delta
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
Posted in Urban, Water
Tagged environment, Flooding, future, infrastructure, urban, Wastewater, water, Watermanagement
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Water stories in Thailand
After graduating in October of 2013 I had the opportunity to travel through South East Asia for 3 months, this blog is based on that experience. Bangkok First off, Bangkok, the city that seems, smells and sounds like unorganized chaos. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangkok, environment, Flooding, Thailand, urban, Wastewater, water, Watermanagement
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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
Posted in Social, Urban
Tagged Amsterdam, development, environment, future, infrastructure, public health, urban
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Development of sanitation infrastructure in slums
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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Tagged development, engineering, environment, infrastructure, sanitation, slums, urban, WaSH, water
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Urban environmental management: Water
I recently made a prezi about urban environmental management focused on water. Let me know what you think!