Blue21 is a global knowledge leader for the design, technology and realization of climate resilient floating projects. Based in Delft, the Netherlands, Blue21 has the mission to realize floating cities with a positive social and ecological impact on the planet. Floating city technology addresses many urgent global challenges such as climate change, urbanization, and land scarcity. In the company, a unique collaboration has been established between architects, urban designers, water managers… Show more Blue21 is a global knowledge leader for the design, technology and realization of climate resilient floating projects. Based in Delft, the Netherlands, Blue21 has the mission to realize floating cities with a positive social and ecological impact on the planet. Floating city technology addresses many urgent global challenges such as climate change, urbanization, and land scarcity. In the company, a unique collaboration has been established between architects, urban designers, water managers, civil engineers, and maritime engineers. A strong link to governance, legal and social expertise is made through participating in the Thinktank Governance of Floating Cities. Blue21 has an international client base including the USA, China, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and various countries from Europe. The founder’s team of Blue21 has been involved in the design, engineering, and realization of iconic floating projects such as the Floating Pavilion in Rotterdam, the Floating Ecohomes in Harnaschpolder, Delft and more recently, the INNOZOWA floating solar project. Show less

Participatory Action Research (PAR) (WP 4) is the unique central ‘integration engine’ of Floating Future where the scientific disciplines Governance (WP 1), Technology (WP 2) and Ecology (WP 3) and the societal stakeholders come together to co-create innovative knowledge with the researchers. PAR is a method not only to advance scientific knowledge with societal stakeholders, but also to achieve practical objectives such as improving practice. In Floating Future this is done by participating in… Show more Participatory Action Research (PAR) (WP 4) is the unique central ‘integration engine’ of Floating Future where the scientific disciplines Governance (WP 1), Technology (WP 2) and Ecology (WP 3) and the societal stakeholders come together to co-create innovative knowledge with the researchers. PAR is a method not only to advance scientific knowledge with societal stakeholders, but also to achieve practical objectives such as improving practice. In Floating Future this is done by participating in concrete case studies around the three study focus areas of the research: Inland, Coastal port city and Offshore. One of the Action Research methods that is applied in Floating Future is Climate Café, a unique and proven method for collaborative learning and co-creation at exciting case study field locations. Other WP 4 co-creation instruments include governance thinktank meetings, interactive design workshops, VR simulations and investors’ roundtables. Show less

The objectives of Stichting Blue Revolution Foundation (https://bluerevolution.org) are:- Creating a global awareness of the urgency and possibility of using the water surface for food supply and urbanization.- Developing and commissioning a research agenda for the realization of floating projects and floating cities.- Promoting research for the development of floating cities.https://bluerevolution.org/

The Thinktank Governance of Floating Cities is the main activity of Stichting Blue Revolution Foundation and consists of an interdisciplinary group of leading experts. The group meets regularly. The main objective of the Thinktank is to build insights related to the necessary governance and societal implementation mechanisms to realize floating cities. The contribution of the Thinktank mainly consist of a reflection on the social, legal and administrative feasibility of floating developments… Show more The Thinktank Governance of Floating Cities is the main activity of Stichting Blue Revolution Foundation and consists of an interdisciplinary group of leading experts. The group meets regularly. The main objective of the Thinktank is to build insights related to the necessary governance and societal implementation mechanisms to realize floating cities. The contribution of the Thinktank mainly consist of a reflection on the social, legal and administrative feasibility of floating developments, the assessment of the social relevance of research questions of floating projects and the exploration of the potential of large-scale social and scientific breakthroughs. Show less

Floating Future is a research project initiated together with the Maritime Research Institute the Netherlands (MARIN) in collaboration with more than 40 universities, research institutes, government agencies, companies and NGOs. The project has received funding in the fourth round of the Dutch Research Agenda programme Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC) by the Dutch National Research Council NWO in 2023. The main objective of the Floating Future project is: “Understanding how… Show more Floating Future is a research project initiated together with the Maritime Research Institute the Netherlands (MARIN) in collaboration with more than 40 universities, research institutes, government agencies, companies and NGOs. The project has received funding in the fourth round of the Dutch Research Agenda programme Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC) by the Dutch National Research Council NWO in 2023. The main objective of the Floating Future project is: “Understanding how upscaling of floating structures could offer a viable and climate-proof solution for space limitations in the Dutch Delta: an interdisciplinary study to enable the upscaling of floating structures for societal, industrial and ecological win-wins.” Floating developments can be designed to be resilient to sea level rise and can be flexibly relocated. Unique is that we will achieve the project objective with interdisciplinary research linked to industry and societal partners. The work will be divided in three clusters addressing governance, technology, ecology, which relate to interdisciplinary questions. Researchers will collaborate with experienced societal partners to tackle the challenges. Next to scientific output, this will deliver an integrated vision, policy guidelines, design guidelines, project proposals and an inventory of the required resources and milestones to implement the Floating Future in the Dutch delta. Consequently, this project will deliver key insights in the required governance, financial and economic capabilities to realize climate proof floating islands with a positive ecological impact. Show less

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The 2nd World Conference on Floating Solutions: Paving the Waves (PtW) brought together leading international experts from the industry, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and researchers from across the world to share knowledge on floating solutions. With great honor, PtW hosted the World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020 first organized by The Society of Floating Solutions Singapore, and the presentations of the final results from the EU-Horizon2020 funded research project, Space@Sea.

Journal of Water and Climate Change publishes refereed research and practitioner papers on all aspects of water science, technology, management and innovation in response to climate change

INDYMO water quality and ecological monitoring with underwater drones. INDYMO is a high tech start-up that uses state-of-the art technologies to monitor water quality and ecology in an innovative and dynamic way. By providing improved knowledge of water systems, INDYMO is set to contribute for a positive impact in the management of water resources. INDYMO's dynamic monitoring concept has been successfuly tested in a research project where the impacts of floating urbanization on water quality… Show more INDYMO water quality and ecological monitoring with underwater drones. INDYMO is a high tech start-up that uses state-of-the art technologies to monitor water quality and ecology in an innovative and dynamic way. By providing improved knowledge of water systems, INDYMO is set to contribute for a positive impact in the management of water resources. INDYMO's dynamic monitoring concept has been successfuly tested in a research project where the impacts of floating urbanization on water quality and ecology were studied. New pilots with new applications are will be developed in the upcoming months. www.indymo.nl Show less

DeltaSync Floating Urban Developments: Research, Design, Technology integration, Planning, Business Cases, Strategy, ImplementationDeltaSync is a leading specialist in the field of sustainable floating urbanization and flood proof urban development. We provide consulting and design services and we develop innovative solutions for delta areas. Our motivation:1. To solve humanity’s most urgent problems2. The world needs pioneers3. To enable a sustainable… Show more DeltaSync Floating Urban Developments: Research, Design, Technology integration, Planning, Business Cases, Strategy, ImplementationDeltaSync is a leading specialist in the field of sustainable floating urbanization and flood proof urban development. We provide consulting and design services and we develop innovative solutions for delta areas. Our motivation:1. To solve humanity’s most urgent problems2. The world needs pioneers3. To enable a sustainable lifeOur approach:1. Interdisciplinary work2. Cooperation3. Long term vision, short term actionOur main value drivers are:- Specialized floating urbanization knowledge,expertise and >7 years experience - Ability to bridge the socio-technical divide to get innovations realized in practice- Effective balance between research and action- Broad business, government and research network - Ability to integrate large numbers of technologies into working future cities conceptsOur mission is to realize the first positive impact floating city in the world. Show less

At the Research Centre Sustainable Port City, I am working on interdisciplinary applied research projects in the field of water innovation. Current research topics include: developing and appying aquatic drones and other innovative monitoring techniques for research on water quality, climate adaptation measures, ecology and civil engineering infrastructure.

At the Research Centre for Sustainable Solutions RDM, I am responsible for developing and executing applied interdisciplinary research projects in the field of adaptive urban development to contribute to the transition of Rotterdam to an attractive, sustainable and resilient watercity.

My PhD research was focused on developing new concepts for urban water systems to reduce the vulnerability of cities to floods and droughts. The project also included the required societal change process to realize more sustainable urban water systems in practice.

Study on alternative measures for flood control in the Jobaru river basin, Japan