Project news 27 Feb 2023 Climate Base Map South-HollandDefacto together with the Province of South Holland and the water boards, developed a ‘climate base map’ that provides insight… Yayun Gao
Project news 01 Feb 2023 Kennisprogramma Zeespiegelstijging70 years ago today the great flood took place and flooded large parts of the southwestern provinces of the Netherlands.… Yayun Gao
Project news 19 Jan 2023 Dhaka Field TripThe rivers around Dhaka are very diverse in their characteristics and face multiple complex challenges. As part of the umbrella… Yayun Gao
Project news 17 Jan 2023 Rotterdams WeerWoord 2030The municipality of Rotterdam adopted the Rotterdams WeerWoord 2030. For this program we developed integral frameworks and perspectives for climate adaptation that… Yayun Gao
Office updates 30 Dec 2022 Happy New Year 2023The Defacto Urbanism team wishes all clients, colleagues and friends a Happy New Year! Yayun Gao
Media attention, Project news 17 Nov 2022 Bringing Dhaka rivers back to lifeThe quality of the five rivers around Dhaka have decreased drastically over the last decades due to unsustainable land use… Yayun Gao
Project news 03 Nov 2022 Soil and water system as a guiding principle for spatial developmentsClimate change and associated extreme weather events push the water system – and with that the current Dutch practice that… Yayun Gao
Lectures, Media attention 15 Oct 2022 Anne Loes Nillesen panel member at ‘Future of River Basins and Deltas’ seminarDuring the ‘Future of River Basins and Deltas’ seminar, hosted by PBL, CAUPD and TNC, we discussed how to create… Yayun Gao
Media attention 15 Oct 2022 Anne Loes Nillesen in film ‘DE BOEZEM VOOR HET VOETLICHT’Door klimaatverandering en verstedelijking staat het boezemsysteem onder druk. In de film DE BOEZEM VOOR HET VOETLICHT, een ode aan… Yayun Gao
Lectures 26 Jan 2019 Lecture on water inclusive cities at the Bangkok design weekAnne Loes Nillesen presented a lecture on integrated flood risk management at the Bangkok design week. She presented best practices… Yayun Gao