From February 22, 2022 we will start Thematic Seminars every three weeks. The seminars will be organized by our 4TU RE DeSIRE Thematic Working Groups. Slots & times will be rotating, so everyone (also fellows from other time zones) have at least the possibility to join a few of the seminars. We aim at 12 sessions this year, two dedicated seminars per DeSIRE theme.
The talks will be open for everyone who is interested in Resilience Engineering and will be recorded. Recordings and a summary will be published afterwards via our 4TU RE website. You are warmly invited to join these seminars and share the link amongst interested colleagues!
De stad van 2120, natuurlijk! by Lisanne Struckman
What will Dutch cities look like in a hundred years? One thing is certain: we face great challenges, such as global warming and an ageing population. We need to generate our energy sustainably. Weather extremes are increasing, from extremely dry and hot weather to a lot of rain. And the water is getting closer â sea levels are rising, and rivers are flooding faster. As a result, the western Netherlands may become partly uninhabitable. Wageningen University & Research (WUR) painted a positive future scenario two years ago: Nederland 2120 (Baptist et al., 2019). In that story, we outlined how the Netherlands could be a guiding light for a green future, as a country that leads the transition to a sustainable society. This vision takes this story even further: how would a scenario like this shape the city of the future? We use Arnhem as an example, to show what the urban environment might look like in a hundred yearsâ time.