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ASTRA - Baltic Sea Region Climate Strategies Print E-mail
Written by Michael Staudt   
thumb_ASTRAFocusing on the Baltic Sea Region the project "ASTRA - Developing Policies and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region" assessed the regional impacts of climate change impacts and developed adequate adaptation strategies and policy recommendations together with relevant stakeholders. The ASTRA consortium consisted of research institutes, regional and local planning authorities around the Baltic Sea. The project has been co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IIIB Baltic Sea Programme from 2005-2007.
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BIM Expands Beyond Buildings Print E-mail
Written by Matt Ball   
AutodeskRDV_RoadViz.gifAutodesk is pushing the concept of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into areas outside of simply buildings. The company describes BIM as an integrated process that coordinates reliable information about a project through all phases of design and construction, and they see increasing opportunity for the application of the BIM approach in the civil engineering space.
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Amsterdam - Urban Islands Print E-mail
Written by Cathy Chatfield-Taylor   
thumb_urban_islandsIn the most densely populated area of the Netherlands, the city of Amsterdam undertook the monumental challenge of designing a community for 45,000 inhabitants on 495 hectares of nonexistent land. Creating a new landmass by reclaiming seven islands from dredged sand in IJmeer, a lake on Amsterdam’s east side, residents with a fondness for waterfront property will have their choice of custom homes or high-rise apartments.
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Idaho Power Company Protects the Lifeblood of the State Print E-mail
Written by Jessica Wyland   
SolarRadiationforZigZag.gifFor much of Idaho, the Snake River is a lifeblood. The 1,040 mile tributary of the Columbia River provides water for drinking, irrigating, and generating approximately 50 percent of the state’s energy through hydropower. The Snake River flows from Yellowstone National Park through a series of mountain ranges, canyons, and plains in Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington. For Idaho Power Company, owner and operator of 17 hydroelectric power plants, preservation of the river is of utmost importance.
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Sensors and the Environment Print E-mail
Written by Sam Bacharach   
sensor.gifWe can’t understand or manage what we can’t observe, measure and describe. To advance the human project of environmental learning and management that we began millennia ago using only our minds, our cultures and our naked senses, today we also supply ourselves with data from many kinds of sensor systems.
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