feb 23rd, 2016 | Artikelen, Lezingen, Publicaties, Water
The Straits Times van Singapore schreef een artikel genaamd ‘Tackle floods? Create more space for water’ over mijn lezing. Deze gaf ik op 18 februari getiteld ‘Water – Holland’s ‘Frenemy’ voor het Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore.
Nederland staat bekend om zijn beheersing van het water. Maar nu het klimaat verandert, verandert ook de Nederlandse benadering van het water management. In steden wordt meer ruimte voor water gemaakt, het landschap wordt opnieuw ontworpen om het water binnen te laten en soms worden zelfs dijken verlaagd. Het water is van enemy nu friend geworden – of beter gezegd, frenemy. Read the article…
feb 23rd, 2016 | Artikelen, Boeken, Lezingen, Publicaties, Water
The Straits Times of Singapore wrote an article about my lecture with the title ‘Tackle floods? Create more space for water’. I gave this lecture, called ‘Water – Holland’s ‘Frenemy’, on February 18th, 2016 for the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore.
The Netherlands is known for its control over water. But now that the climate is changing, the Dutch are also changing their approach towards water management. In cities more space is being created for water, the landscape is being redesigned to let water in and sometimes the dikes are even being lowered. Water is becoming a friend instead of an enemy – or better said, frenemy.
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dec 8th, 2015 | Design, Landschap, Publicaties, Water
Dezeen Magazine just released a report about my talk at the What Design Can Do conference in São Paulo this week.
Architects and urban designers are finally responding to the threat of rising sea levels by welcoming water into cities, says urbanism expert Tracy Metz.
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dec 8th, 2015 | Landschap, Publicaties, Video, Water
Op de avond van 3 december organiseerde het Architectuurcentrum Nijmegen en Rijkswaterstaat een avond rondom Ruimte voor de Waal. In het Bastion onder de Waalbrug gaven de ontwerpers een inkijkje in het proces en in hun inspiraties. Ik leidde de avond.
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nov 2nd, 2015 | Video, Water
‘So what can we do to protect our city from climate change?’ Every city in the world is asking itself that question, including Montclair, New Jersey, just across the river from New York. New Jersey and New York were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. And that was the question that Gray Russell, sustainability officer of Montclair, put to me in our interview for a special edition of the local cable tv show ‘Greater Montclair’. I was in town to give two lectures in the month-long program Rising Tide at Montclair University. Read the article…
nov 2nd, 2015 | Lezingen, Video, Water
‘So what can we do to protect our city from climate change?’ Every city in the world is asking itself that question, including Montclair, New Jersey, just across the river from New York. New Jersey and New York were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy. And that was the question that Gray Russell, sustainability officer of Montclair, put to me in our interview for a special edition of the local cable tv show ‘Greater Montclair’. I was in town to give two lectures in the month-long program Rising Tide at Montclair University. Read the article…
