UNESCO-IHE is partner in a regional (Delft - Rotterdam - Dordrecht) cooperation programme linking knowledge institutes, municipalities, water boards and private sector organizations active in water. This consortium was granted an EU Fund for Regional Development for the project titled: 'Valorisa...
The November 2009 paper 'Modelling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands', the root paper describing the open-source storm impact model XBeach, made it to number 1 most cited since 2008 in Elsevier's leading Coastal Engineering journal.
From 1 to 12 July 2013, Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (NCK) organizes a summer school for PhD students on Estuarine and Coastal Processes in relation to Coastal Zone Management on the island of Texel.
The Water Footprint Network is recruiting a Knowledge Exchange and Engagement Officer.
During the annual social trip to Paris held in January, UNESCO-IHE's master students were the first batch that had the opportunity to visit UNESCO headquarters.
“What makes my discipline so exciting is its critical importance and multiple societal, economic and technical facets. It is both very practical and intellectually challenging at the same time. Food prices are sky-high, climate change impacts immense, rapid population growth, increasing wealth a...
The registration for the 5th Delft Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Development is now open until 10 May 2013. The Symposium will take place from 29 to 31 May 2013 at UNESCO-IHE.
Terra Preta Sanitation is an issue of growing concern in the light of water and sanitation, climate change, energy and soil protection. The International Terra Preta Sanitation Conference aims at bringing scientists and practioners together to present their results and share their experiences.
This collection of papers examines water management in two of the world’s prominent arid transboundary areas - the Israeli-Palestinian region in the Middle East and the Colorado River Basin in the United States - both facing challenges of water scarcity, population growth, and economic developme...
On 11 January 2013, Prof. Dano Roelvink and ir. Johan Reyns met with the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Ivory Coast in Abidjan to discuss the start of a project to reopen the closed river mouth of the Comoë at Grand Bassam, the old historic capital of Ivory Coast. The cit...