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- - Effects of climatic change and N deposition on competition and carbon sequestration 2008-03-31 13:57:22
- - Strategic Workshop on Global Change and Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions 2008-03-27 14:39:51
- - PhD Course on Stable Isotopes in Environmental Research 2008-03-27 10:54:48
- - Natuurlijke dynamiek en duurzame veiligheid in de delta 2008-03-27 10:11:19
- - Algae are the basis of the food web and cyanobacteria are a major threat to water quality: what are the new insights in plankton dynamics to understand how aquatic systems respond to stress? 2008-03-26 12:26:27
- - How can we provide actual measurements of ecosystems' functions and resilience in response to disturbances? 2008-03-26 12:26:10
SENSE news SENSE news Two important SENSE activities — Column by Rik Leemans 2008-03-26 11:26:48
- - Duurzaam Innoveren? 2008-03-25 13:05:01
- - Ecologising Water Supply Sector in Malaysia 2008-03-20 09:48:50
- - Online document van afscheidsrede Prof. Ton Schoot Uiterkamp (IVEM) 2008-03-18 14:13:52
- - Comprehensive analyses of past and present diet of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Dutch coastal waters 2008-03-18 13:40:44
Vacancies Vacancies Two open positions in Atmospheric Air Pollution Modelling 2008-03-18 12:53:07
- - Enhancing Interdisciplinary Thinking in Environmental Sciences Courses and Curricula 2008-03-17 10:37:26
- - EG-liaison training: Milieu en Energie in KP7 2008-03-16 15:23:23
- - Application of chlorate reduction as a novel concept for bioremediation of heavily polluted anaerobic soils 2008-03-14 14:08:00
- - ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY DETERIORATION BY AQUACULTURE IN VIETNAMESE COASTAL AREAS 2008-03-14 12:07:49
- - When are we going to start systematically quantifying ecosystem resilience and then using it for ecosystem management? 2008-03-13 17:27:43
- - Will we be able to develop early warning indicators for foreseeing abrupt transitions in the climate system? 2008-03-13 17:23:53
- - How do you build resilience in an ecological system? 2008-03-13 17:23:22
- - How can sustainable transport behaviour of travellers be facilitated and accomplished by innovative (governmental and business) policies? 2008-03-13 16:37:19
- - "How to involve beneficiaries into payments for ecosystem and landscape services?" 2008-03-13 15:57:03
- - "How to structurally promote the implementation of financing instruments (for example by bringing together the supply and demand of services)?" 2008-03-13 15:56:33
- - "How to identify and quantify the costs and benefits of investments in E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services], taking into account the distribution of these costs and benefits spatially and temporally, as well as among the various stakeholders?" 2008-03-13 15:55:59
- - "What are the transaction costs? What costs should be included? Who should pay for these costs?" 2008-03-13 15:54:57
- - "Which financing instruments and requirements are needed to attract public and private investments in green quality?" 2008-03-13 15:54:38
- - "How can the concept of E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] be better communicated to the relevant users?" 2008-03-13 15:53:33
- - "How can E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] values be included in stakeholder based analysis and participatory decision making processes?" 2008-03-13 15:53:10
- - "How can spatial indicators and ecological cartography be used as analytic tools within the spatial planning context?" 2008-03-13 15:52:40
- - "What planning and design guidelines need to be developed for green spaces in new urban residential areas to take the health benefits provided by E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] into account?" 2008-03-13 15:52:04
- - "How can the concept of E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] be applied to target setting, design and negotiation in spatial planning processes?" 2008-03-13 15:51:31
- - "How to communicate and visualise knowledge about ecosystem and landscape services and values, and the relevant uncertainties, to the various stakeholder groups?" 2008-03-13 15:50:29
- - "How to select and involve stakeholders in trade-off analysis and what conditions make knowledge about E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] applicable?" 2008-03-13 15:50:02
- - "How can analytical and participatory methods be combined to enable effective participatory policy and decision making dialogues ? [MCDA, RITA, ARIES]?" 2008-03-13 15:49:25
- - "How can the costs and benefits of changes in E&LS and values, in time and space, be taken into account, including discounting and cost-effectiveness issues?" 2008-03-13 15:49:00
- - "How can information on E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] be better included in project evaluation methods (such as EIA, CBA and MCA)?" 2008-03-13 15:48:28
- - "What are the main bottlenecks in data availability and reliability and how can they be overcome?" 2008-03-13 15:47:04
- - "How can values be captured “spatially” (eg. through mapping) to address scaling issues and facilitate the use of E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] in (spatial) landscape planning and decision-making?" 2008-03-13 15:46:43
- - "How can the health benefits of nature/green space in an urban residential context be quantified and assessed?" 2008-03-13 15:45:36
- - "How can standardized indicators (e.g. as in the “Kentallenboek”) help to determine the value of E&LS [ecosystem and landscape services] and how can aggregation steps be dealt with?" 2008-03-13 15:45:14
- - "How to make economic and social valuation of landscape and ecosystem services consistent and comparable?" 2008-03-13 15:44:26
- - "What are the most appropriate economic and social valuation methods for ecosystem and landscape services, including the role and perceptions of stakeholders?" 2008-03-13 15:44:00
- - "How can the issue of resilience be applied to rural systems and landscapes?" 2008-03-13 15:42:17
- - "How can interactions between E&L [ecosystem and landscape] functions and services be modelled?" 2008-03-13 15:41:48
- - "What are possible critical thresholds for ecosystem resilience and sustainability?" 2008-03-13 15:41:18
- - What is the effect of dynamic conditions (spatial and temporal) on services in terms of sustainability and resilience ? 2008-03-13 15:40:34
- - "What is the spatial distribution of E&L [ecoystem and landscape] functions and how can they be mapped ?" 2008-03-13 15:40:07
- - "How can relationships between landscape and ecosystem characteristics and their functions and associated goods and services be identified and quantified?" 2008-03-13 15:39:43
- - PhD Summer School on Earth System Governance 2008-03-13 14:44:40
- - “How can areas used for the growth of shellfish be protected (against storms)?” 2008-03-13 09:20:26
Vacancies Vacancies Lecturer in Management and Organization of Sanitation (m/f) 2008-03-12 13:54:06
- - How do we define and decide what are acceptable short- and long-term effects of chemicals on the environment in terms of population sustainability and biodiversity? 2008-03-12 13:08:50
- - Ecosystem-based Marine Governance 2008-03-12 08:25:41
- - “What roll can sustainable development, sustainable forestry and agriculture an rural development of developing countries play in the adaptation to climate changes and how can an international strategy in this area be formed? (LNV)” 2008-03-11 16:32:12
- - “How can the common agricultural policy be used to contribute to the climate policy? (LNV)” 2008-03-11 16:30:57
- - “What will a climate resistant new village in a polder look like? (artificial dwelling hill? water village?) (interview project Zuidplaspolder)” 2008-03-11 16:29:43
- - “How can you build in such a way that the building is more resistant to climate extremes? (renovation, new building, area development) (interview gemeente Tilburg)” 2008-03-11 16:28:51
- - “What are the possibilities for a different division of water between Rhine and IJsel? (provincie Gelderland, project Knooppunt Arnhem-Nijmegen)” 2008-03-11 16:27:55
- - The development of cost benefit scenarios for agriculture and nature in the Noordoostpolder? (interview project Noordoostpolder, provincie Flevoland) 2008-03-11 16:27:05
- - “How can you (locally) combine sewage water treatment with drought reduction, in such a way that it is affordable and within the limits of the European Water Framework Directive (KRW)? (Hotspot zuidplaspolder)” 2008-03-11 16:26:24
- - “New KNMI scenario’s have become available. How do these influence WB21? (programmabureau leven met water)” 2008-03-11 16:25:32
- - “How (much) can climate change be taken into account when reintroducing tides. Should designed dimensions of tidal culverts be changed? (interview project Integrale Visie Deltawateren, provincie Zeeland)” 2008-03-11 16:24:25
- - “How does the effectiveness of the current division of financial support after a disaster between government, civilians and insurance companies change under different climate scenarios?” 2008-03-11 16:23:12
- - “Are emergency professionals for social counseling after an emergency prepared to deal with the increasing chances of disasters caused by extreme weather conditions?” 2008-03-11 16:21:42
- - “Are tasks and responsibilities clear in case of a flood (major, firefighters, ministers)?” 2008-03-11 16:20:00
- - “Do emergency response teams have enough technical supplies to operate accurately when a flood, a heat wave, or a storm?” 2008-03-11 16:18:28
- - “Do emergency response teams and the local populace have sufficient access to weather predictions and river discharge predictions?” 2008-03-11 16:17:44
- - “Is enough being done to prepare emergency response teams and the local populace for hydro-meteorological weather extremes>” 2008-03-11 16:16:28
- - “Does climate change lead to other types of goals, and how can/must this be used in the spatial design of a nature area? (interview project Waterduinen, provincie Zeeland)” 2008-03-11 16:08:21
- - “What kind of opportunities does climate change provide for companies working in tourism or recreation? (Recron, platform toerisme en recreatie)” 2008-03-11 16:06:36
- - “The amount of energy that wind and sun provide fluctuates, which also depends on climate change. How can you make sustainable energy, such as wind or solar energy, resistant to these fluctuations? And are spatial function combinations possible? 2008-03-11 16:05:34
- - “The quality of the main ecological structure (EHS): more research is needed on the boundary conditions for drought sensitive nature and the necessary measures, partially because of climate problems. (LNV)” 2008-03-11 15:59:20
- - “How can we make sure that agriculture in the Delta area remains healthy, despite of lower river discharges and increased salination? (interview project Integrale Visie Deltawerken, provincie Zeeland)” 2008-03-11 15:57:25
- - “What (new) governmental arrangements are needed to adequately deal with long term water problems, on different scale levels and with different types of measurements?” 2008-03-11 15:56:23
- - “In what ways can fresh water be conserved for use in times of shortage? What does this mean for the situation of agriculture and nature that are highly dependent on fresh water (LNV)” 2008-03-11 15:54:55
- - “How can a safe defense system (against water) be created without making dikes higher, but by using existing elements in the landscape? (Interview project Ground for Change, NAM, RUG, Interview project Integrale Visie Deltawerken, provincie Zeeland)” 2008-03-11 15:53:35
- - “When climate problems are regarded, the realization of robust connections gets prominent attention. More research is needed for a possible role of robust connections in adaptation and mitigation. (LNV)” 2008-03-11 15:51:48
- - “How do different forms of energy production use the area? How is this used in the choice between forms? What combination with other spatial functions is profitable? (ABP, Koop Duurzame Energie, Rabobank; Koop DE)” 2008-03-11 15:43:49
- - “What is the contribution of different kinds of food (the production, availability throughout the year, en locations where they are grown) to the climate problem? (LNV)” 2008-03-11 15:42:08
- - “What are the (long term) conditions in different climate policies, that influence the transition process to sustainable agriculture and energy management? (LNV)” 2008-03-11 15:40:15
- - “What is the probability for different cooling water temperatures for energy plants? How is this influenced by different climate scenarios (Nuon, Shell, VNPI)” 2008-03-11 15:38:42
- - “How can (partial) public financing for (effective) water storage and conservation strategies be arranged, with a large support with government and private parties? E.g. public private financing. (leven met water)” 2008-03-11 15:36:51
- - What are consequences of publicly driven adaptation measures for the private real estate market? And what are the consequences on the prices and possibilities of financing for land and homes? (Bouwfonds, Dura Vermeer, in De Pater en Schoemakers 2006) 2008-03-11 15:35:38
- - “How much is the decision for a location of a companie influenced by climate risks? (VNO-NCW)” 2008-03-11 15:34:09
- - “How sensitive is the consumption behavior of water and energy in the city to climate change? (Wageningen UR)” 2008-03-11 15:32:12
- - “How sensitive are different existing types of houses and district configurations (Red, blue, green) to climate change? (Wageningen UR, TU Delft)” 2008-03-11 15:31:09
- - “What is the relation between climate change and air quality, and how can we deal with possible health calamities? (interview gemeente Tilburg)” 2008-03-11 15:30:18
- - “What are the consequences of climate change when regarding urban health? (urban heat effect, plagues such as the oak processionary, etc. (GGD Amsterdam, GGD Breda, Plantenziektekundige dienst)” 2008-03-11 15:29:12
- - “What are the effects of climate change in different scenarios on urban water management (e.g. the sewage system)?(LmW, frans vd Ven)” 2008-03-11 15:28:15
- - How can the impact of PhD researchers in environmental sciences from developing countries be further improved? and what additional programmes are needed to support them to do relevant research in their home country? 2008-03-11 12:16:36
- - What responses are needed in difference parts of the world in order to achieve the challenge of increase biomass demand for food, feed and fuel, equitably distributed? 2008-03-11 12:07:08
- - How to integrate existing knowledge in agricultural, environmental and technology in order to give accurate and timely responses to the inhirently complex and context dependent sustainability questions related to bioenergy? 2008-03-11 11:51:40
- - “How can the potential of the landscape to suppress agricultural diseases and plagues be translated to instructions for design, and incorporated in the economical policies of companies, as an insurance against the unknown risks of diseases and plagues? 2008-03-11 11:19:00
- - “How can you change the Dutch countryside in a multifunctional and sustainable way so that is supports the EHS? How can structures such as recreation, landscape, and nature functions for the environment be planned and designed in an integral way?" 2008-03-11 11:18:17
- - “How competitive can the Dutch agriculture be (also on a regional level) under different international marketing scenarios and climate scenarios? (noordelijk landbouwberaad, provincie Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe en NLTO)” 2008-03-11 11:06:26
- - “What influence does climate change have on the recreation sector on the Dutch coast? (Interview project Waterdunen, provincie Zeeland)” 2008-03-11 11:04:39
- - “How can we make Dutch forestry management more climate resistant?” 2008-03-11 11:03:29
- - “How can the main ecological structure (EHS) in the Netherlands be changed in such a way that biodiversity has a change to adapt to climate change? (LNV, Wageningen UR, Habiforum, provincies)” 2008-03-11 11:02:23
- - “What are effects of climate change on the coastal systems in the fly routes of aquatic birds.” 2008-03-11 10:37:25
- - “What is the effect of climate change on fisheries and the aquatic food chain? The Netherlands could focus itself on shellfish research in the Waddensea and the Delta an on research in the nursery areas for flatfish.” 2008-03-11 10:29:50
- - “What are the effects of climate change on the sectors relevant to the LNV and the services and functions of the rural area?” 2008-03-11 10:27:44
- - “What opportunities does climate change and it’s consequences offer to LNV relevant sectors and the services and functions of the rural area? What about saline agriculture, new crops, catchment of peak discharges and growth of energy crops?” 2008-03-11 10:19:49
- - “What consequences do (economical) developments in transportation have on the flexibility of the water system? In particular the effects of the construction of an underground infrastructure on water management?” 2008-03-11 10:17:39
- - “Will climate change lead to changes in popularity of different transportation modalities?” 2008-03-11 10:16:53
- - “How dependent are inland shipping and large customers in the hinterland on the water levels in Rhine and Meuse? (AMS Barge, CBRB, Shell, ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven, VNPI)” 2008-03-11 10:16:16
- - “What will water levels in the Rhine and the Meuse be, taking into account the measures taken above stream, both locally and abroad. When will the Rhine be dammed at Frankfurt and Emmerich, costing billions?" 2008-03-11 10:13:35
- - Systems analysis is a potentially useful approach towards multidisciplinary integration. So far, it failed to incorporate social sciences beyond economics. Why would this be, can we learn from the past, and what would be the format? 2008-03-10 10:16:26
- - Are the so called market based instruments, apart from fashionable, really suitable for energy efficiency targets? 2008-03-07 17:57:38
- - How can we assess interactions of policy instruments adressing climate and energy targets? What are the possible complementarities or overlaps between such instruments and how can we ex-ante analyze them? 2008-03-07 17:46:54
- - What is the resilience of ecosystems towards chronic chemical stress? 2008-03-07 11:15:32
- - Development of tools for in-situ environmental monitoring of chemical processes; can we develop such tools based on, for example, isotopic and enantiomeric fractionation and non-destructive sampling? 2008-03-07 10:54:02
- - What are the effects of changes in climate and land use on the fate and effects on chemicals in the environment? 2008-03-07 10:49:27
- - SENSE Strategy 2008-2013: Taking Stock and Moving Forward 2008-03-06 15:59:01
- - “What is the effect of climate change on (the probability of succes for) goals set in the KRW (Kaderrichtlijn Water, the European Water Framework Directive)?” 2008-03-06 15:42:09
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SENSE Strategy 2008-2013: Taking Stock and Moving Forward 		2008-03-06 15:39:50
- - “How large is the effect of climate change on the biological availability of heavy metals, organic compounds and nutrients in water? The availability depends on factors such as temperature, wind, and geochemical properties. (WUR, Wetterskip Frieslan) 2008-03-06 15:38:15
- - “What are the effects of sea level rising and climate change on salination of ground and surface water in different climate scenarios?” 2008-03-06 15:35:51
- - “What is society willing to pay for clean water or safe living? What differentiations can be made? (Leven met Water)” 2008-03-06 15:33:33
- - "What are the effects of climate change on the availability of drinking water, taking into account the effects on ground and surface water quality?" (KIWA) 2008-03-06 15:32:28
- - “There is no national “wet damage” study for agriculture, nature and infrastructure in different climate scenarios. (WUR)” 2008-03-06 15:31:04
- - “How can you quantify the effects of climate change on the availability of water for agriculture and nature, taking into account the complex interactions between effects of climate change? WUR, KIWA, RIZA)” 2008-03-06 15:30:15
- - “How do you define drought damage in nature for different climate scenario’s? how can you weigh this against economic damage? (WUR)” 2008-03-06 15:09:01
- - “How do you define and make a distinction between economic drought damage (euro’s) en physical drought damage (biomass and quality) in agriculture and other economic sectors in different climate scenario’s? (WUR)” 2008-03-06 15:08:13
- - “What influence does climate change have on the safety of small regional water systems such as polders and brook systems?” 2008-03-06 15:07:18
- - “How flexible/robust is the current flood protection system regarding sea level rise and climate change when considering the current policy (grow and strengthen)? What are the costs?" 2008-03-06 15:06:20
- - “What does a possible influence of climate change on the storm regime in the North Sea, combined with a large river discharge mean for the safety of west Netherland. (RIKZ)” 2008-03-06 15:04:08
- - “Are the current insights on normative discharges of the major rivers accurate, how will the probabilities of extreme discharges change when the climate changes. (RIZA, RWS)” 2008-03-06 15:03:20
News News New mailinglist on Sustainable Energy Activities 2008-03-06 13:40:16
- - “The amount and speed of change in sea level.” 2008-03-06 13:34:24
- - “Changes in wind speeds and the frequency of storms on land an the north sea (wind direction, wave height, etc.) (RIKZ)” 2008-03-06 13:33:24
- - “The question of probabilities in climate projections is very relevant to policymakers and scientists that research the effects and adaptation, especially when quantitative cost-benefit analyses are being used. (KNMI)” 2008-03-06 13:32:33
- - “Future scenario’s for the frequency and size of extremes in weather. What are statistical probabilities for certain types of extreme weather? What is the reliability of those calculations. (FOV, Interpolis, Kiwa, Nuon, Rabobank, gewasmodelleurs, WUR 2008-03-06 13:31:19
- - “Insight in the probability of surprises, such as a sudden change in the gulfstream (het publiek, RWS)” 2008-03-06 13:29:20
- - “There is a need for climate scenario’s for smaller timescales (<2050) with a higher time or forecasting resolution. (impact onderzoekers, beleid, zie bv Noordelijk Landbouwberaad, planbureaus)” 2008-03-06 13:28:18
- - “There is an increasing demand for custom made climate scenario;s (regional and sectoral, derived climate variables and time periods). There are still large differences in views and approaches between scientists and users. " 2008-03-06 13:27:10
- - “Which perceptions of climate and climate change are currently present at different groups? Are there regional differences? Which topics can easily cause confusion? What are mobilizing concepts in different contexts? (Klimaat voor Ruimte/wetenschap)” 2008-03-06 13:24:52
- - “How can social and private costs and benefits of natural resources and financing of projects be linked? What is the role of public private cooperation? What is the effect of ownership structures and the role of specific actors?" 2008-03-06 13:22:48
- - “How can institutional principles such as reciprocity, trust and reputation get an important role in the social design of adaptation?” 2008-03-06 13:18:37
- - “Is it possible to turn civilians into co-producers of climate policy, and how can you organize this? (ARK programma)” 2008-03-06 13:17:24
- - “Which drivers and constraints are present in the different governmental levels for adaptation, which local decisions lead to problems on a national scale, and how? (Habiforum)” 2008-03-06 13:16:22
- - “Which policy instruments and what social and political conditions are needed to guide and stimulate interaction between scales and functions regarding adaptation? (Habiforum)” 2008-03-06 13:15:31
- - “How do regional governments make decisions regarding adaptation and use of space? (ARK programma)” 2008-03-06 13:14:22
- - Ethics and Climate Change: Scenarios for Justice and Sustainability 2008-03-06 11:53:41
- - “Risk acceptance and risk perception have a relation to appreciation. How do you incorporate this in methods such as MKBA (social cost-benefit analysis) when making policies? (Leven met Water)” 2008-03-06 11:50:22
- - “What spatial/governmental scales belong to which spatial function, how can this be incorporated in the planning and design of adaptation measures and which methods can be used to indentify the interaction between scales?" 2008-03-06 11:49:14
- - “Scenario studies for spatial design, socio-economic developments and climate that are the foundation of strategic notes are not always internally consistent. Can the use of scenario’s be improved or do we need to look for alternatives?” 2008-03-06 11:45:42
- - “How can we deal with the social and scientific uncertainty in policy making? Which method can be developed to support decision makers? What strategies are available for dealing with uncertainty?” 2008-03-06 11:24:01
- - “How can the social relevance of research proposals relating to climate and space be judged? How can you deal with interdisciplinarity when judging policy relevant research proposals?” 2008-03-06 11:21:14
- - How can we obtain and share near-real time synoptic information about the state of surface waters? 2008-03-06 10:52:30
- - How do physical changes such as high winds and discharge influence bio-chemical processes such as the carbon uptake in the North Sea for incorporation in (climate) models? 2008-03-06 10:51:20
- - "How can the landscape be optimally designed incorporating climate adaptation, according to the principles of sustainability? What can be gained, and how can this be measured?" 2008-03-06 10:08:48
- - What specific requirements does global change impact/adaptation research pose in terms of the resolution and international compatibility of socio-economic data, and what are the priority areas for improvement in data availability? 2008-03-04 11:20:20
Vacancies Vacancies Assistant Professor, Climate / Energy Policy and Governance 2008-03-03 20:11:01