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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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Urban environmental management: Water

I recently made a prezi about urban environmental management focused on water. Let me know what you think!

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