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Quay Walls of Amsterdam
This video was made to discuss the challenge of quay walls in Amsterdam. Quay walls are around 300 years old and they are slowly collapsing. This causes several problems for the city. This challenge can be tackled by working with the triple helix model. MADE students Yulin Yang, Anneke Haverlag, Bianca Bodewes, Pelle Kuppens, Abbe Hekkert en Yun-Ching Wu explain this more in the video below.
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Electric cars: the holy grail of urban mobility?
There is not a lot of awareness of the effects of car emissions on the livability of a city. Electric cars can positively affect this. However, there are negative consequences to this as well. In this video, Msc MADE students Paula Golunska, Camiel Seignette, Fenne Wijminga, Nils Wolff, Elise Rutten and Sem Apon explain more about this.
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Waste News
When waste isn't gathered, collected and disposed off sufficiently, waste nuisance happens. How is this nuisance experienced, and how can we prevent this? Msc MADE students Sophie Bakker, Sven van Biezen, Savanna Kamsma, Amber Lijzen, Julia Roks and Luuk van der Veekens tell us more about this topic.
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Energy efficiency in the Canal District
The buildings on the canals of Amsterdam are hundreds of years old. Making these buildings energy efficient requires taking into account environmental policy as well as cultural heritage and monument policy. In the video Msc MADE students Marta Nosowicz, Carlos Herrera Ventosa, Benthe Thielen, Marieke Buisman, Pearl Yeh and Florens Jocker explore this subject.
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Governing Urban Heat in Amsterdam
Heat stress is a result of the rising temperatures due to climate change. It is more prevalent in big cities due to the Urban Heat Island Effect. The negative consequences of heat stress are health problems, which sometimes have lethal consequences. In this video, Msc MADE students Hannah Norman, Marleen Hofs, Oleg Khoroshev, Mark Prins, Mary-Ann van Kanten, and Maurice Bolle explore this subject.
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Reality and perception of biodegradable plastic disposal trajectory
To-go food is very popular and often distributed in plastic containers which are not biodegradable. This is not sustainable. Because of this, biodegradable plastic was created. But how biodegradable are these plastics in reality? Msc MADE students Jacob Zakrzewicz, Thomas van der Deijl, Thanaphat Sangkharom, Sacha van Slobbe, Trijntje Verschuuren en Daphne da Palza Aleman explore this subject.
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Unused Space in a Dense City
It's a shame to have unused space in a dense city. This is especially true for roofs, where renewable energy could be collected, for example. MSc MADE students Yse Tuynman, Judit Klooster, Margot van Borren, Sam Groen, Hidde Zweekhorst and Yuval Tshuva investigate the possibilities of the space that roofs offer.
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The Healthy City
The area within the A10 will become an emission-free zone in 2025. This means, among other things, that trucks with combustion engines will no longer be able to enter the city. In addition to other goods, these trucks also deliver food. How will fresh food enter the city in 2025? MSc MADE students Patricia Braña Nuez, Annika Waltmann, Helen Huang, Kuba Kowalski, Yaser Harara and Cátia da Silva Ribeiro- explore this challenge.