Introducing guidelines for eco-dynamic development and design

One of the key activities within the Building with Nature innovation programme is the development of a guideline for Eco-dynamic Development and Design. This guidance will be focussed on implementation of the Building with Nature principles throughout all of the stages of hydraulic engineering projects (initiation, planning & design, construction, operation & maintenance). The guidance is based on knowledge and experience from within the building with nature innovation program as well as on external sources. While a small group provides the main structure of the guideline, all participants in the building with nature program do contribute. To facilitate this collaborative writing effort, and to provide users with instant feedback on their and other user’s contributions, use is made of web-environment very similar to that of wikipedia. This contribution (1) outlines the way this collaborative effort is designed and integrated within the Building with Nature programme, and (2) illustrates its progress based on a number of practical contributions already available.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience

Eco-dynamic development and design tested for coastal management

Working in coastal planning is nearly always innovative, since no two coasts are the same. Even if they appear to be physically similar, local conditions and governance settings are usually different, thus requiring a different approach. Each project is unique, which makes coastal projects exciting and diverse.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience