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IHE Delft partners with the Netherlands Centre for River studies network
IHE Delft has partnered with the Netherlands Centre for River studies (NCR), a consortium of eight Dutch organisations focussed on improving the understanding of the behaviour of rivers, a move that is expected to strengthen the Institute’s interdisciplinary river work.
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MSc alumna’s research aims to help flood-proof cities
With rapid urbanization, the global population that lives in urban areas is projected to increase to two-thirds by 2050. Cities, with their dense built environment and paved-over surfaces, are often ill equipped to handle the masses of water brought by increasingly frequent severe floods. There are several efforts to find solutions to this challenge, which will become more severe with climate change. An IHE Delft MSc student combines two approaches in her research and practice, finding that applying them both concurrently significantly increases their impact – and, most importantly, bridges the gap between good ideas and implementation.
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Field trip to Marker Wadden kicks off Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research conference
Marker Wadden, an artificial archipelago created to restore the ecosystem of a Dutch lake, started as a dream, Roel Posthoorn of the Dutch Society for Nature Conservation explained to the 50 participants of a field trip to the Marker Wadden islands. The field trip preceded a two-day conference in mid-March organised by IHE Delft on behalf of the Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research. During the NCK Days conference, 158 coastal experts, masters’ students and PhD candidates shared their insights into coastal resilience.
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Progress update: Water and Development Partnership Programme proposal call
More than 200 project ideas were received in response to a call by IHE Delft’s Water and Development Partnership Programme for proposals that bring together inter- and transdisciplinary teams to work on finding sustainable solutions to water challenges, redressing injustices and enriching the knowledge on water.
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Computer-based water modelling: no substitute for thinking
Computer-based models do not think, but there’s a risk that they become substitutes for thinking, researchers at IHE Delft and other knowledge institutions argue in a recent blog that questions the trust water scientists place in models and their results.
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Call for applications: Water- Energy- Food (WEF) Nexus Training
Achieving water, energy and food (WEF) security is a priority for southern Africa, especially under unfavourable climate changes, increasing urbanisation, population growth, and rapid ecosystem degradation. To do this requires a collaborative and inclusive approach, which considers the interconnections and interdependencies between the three sectors. Over the past decade, this has become known as the WEF Nexus and has rapidly gained traction as a transformative approach to achieve sustainable natural resources management and socio-economic development.
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MSc in Water and Sustainable Development interactive webinars
Join one of our webinars to gain insights into our MSc programmes in Water and Sustainable Development. Learn about the MSc and ask questions regarding both the regular and research programmes, admission criteria, the application process and more. Each webinar will feature two keynote lectures; details are provided below.
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IHE Delft alumna hosts water justice podcast featuring Joyeeta Gupta
A recent podcast episode that highlights how crucial water justice is for the well-being of both humans and the environment features IHE Delft alumna Safa Fanian as host, and IHE Delft Professor Joyeeta Gupta - her former teacher - as guest speaker.
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IHE Delft & Deltares sign cooperation agreement
IHE Delft and Deltares will further strengthen their collaboration under a cooperation agreement signed 6 March by IHE Delft Rector Eddy Moors and Deltares Director Dirk Jan Walstra
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Assessing the state of freshwater biodiversity monitoring: A global perspective
Freshwater ecosystems play a vital role in sustaining biodiversity and supporting human livelihoods. Monitoring and assessing the health of these key ecosystems on a global scale is as crucial as it is challenging: a lack of harmonization leads to data that can’t be easily compared. A new open-source paper charts a way forward.