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Our solution teams

Together we aim to establish and foster an international network of top-level academic scholars, engineers, practitioners and decision-makers.Ā Our DeSIRE Solution Teams work closely together with amongst others: Veiligheidsregio Utrecht, the municipalities of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Zwolle.Ā 

DeSIRE Solution Team "Climate-resilient urban development Zwolle region"

ā€œDo you want your thesis or the thesis you supervise to have societal impact? To engage in transdisciplinary research and collaboration? Work with other students, University staff and practitioners? In this initiative, bachelor and master students, scientists and professionals engage in, mission-oriented research to design solutions for a climate-resilient Zwolle.

Contact us today to become a part of our Solution Team!ā€
Beau Warbroek
Researcher


The Zwolle region, the old delta of the IJssel-Vecht in the former ā€œZuider Zeeā€, represents the Netherlands in small. High and dry sandy soils, river landscapes with cities and peat meadows, and polders below sea level. All connected through the water system. A water system that is changing because of climate change and increasing spatial demand for urbanization, housing, energy and mobility. Changes that put pressure on spatial functions and planning. The Zwolle region has the ambition to become a delta of the future: a climate-resilient, attractive and economically prosperous. With climate change and a resilient water system as main drivers for designing the landscape of the future, interdisciplinary solutions are key.

The Delta Futures lab aims to unite education, research and practice in innovative projects. It provides a multidisciplinary network for students who have the ambition to become interdisciplinary leaders in spatial design, engineering and governance of deltas. Collaboration between students, societal stakeholders and University staff takes place in thematic working groups. In the past year, groups were organized around challenges such as the Limburg 2021 floods, Urban Climate Adaptation, and the Rhine Estuary-Drechtsteden under sea level rise. In the 2022-2023 academic years, the 4TU.RE Centre, the municipality of Zwolle and regional water authority Drents Overijsselse Delta (WDODelta) organize a Solution Team that focuses on to achieving climate-resilient urban development in Zwolle region.