Projects
Impact of highly invasive exotic plants on biodiversity: mechanisms, reinforcing factors, and risk analysis. (ALIEN IMPACT - second phase) University of Antwerp
How and when does the European Union impact on its member states’ development cooperation? A comparative analysis of migration-development, security-development and private sector development in four EU member states Ghent University
The project addresses the question ‘how and when does the EU have an impact on its member states’ development cooperation’. While the emergent literature in this domain does not find evidence in support of an ‘EU factor’, we challenge this claim. The point of departure is that existing studies fall short in several ways. Putting aside methodological shortcomings, studies have only focused on the ‘policy’, ignoring the ‘politics’ and ...
Operational CFD Model for impact analysis on spatial interventions to improve urban ventilation. University of Antwerp
Evaluation and improvement of statistical downscaling methods for climate change impact analysis on hydrological extremes KU Leuven
Year after year the global interest in climate change gains ground in our society. In water management particular attention goes to the impact of climate change on hydrological variables, such as floods, low flows and water scarcity conditions. Climate impact assessments of those hydrological variables can be carried out with urban and river catchment models driven on input data describing future meteorological changes. Based on an estimated ...
Analysis of the Impact of Mechanical Stress on Three-Dimensional Memory Devices KU Leuven
To increase the performance of memory cells in silicon technology without increasing their size on the chip, the third dimension is used. This is done by stacking many thin oxide and nitride layers alternating on top of each other, etching holes in them, etching part of the layers away, filling them with metals, oxides etc. This complex, multiple stack of layers raises large concerns about mechanical stresses. First of all, the layer stack ...
Developing a Socio-economic Impact Analysis of the Execution of the Flemish Natura 2000 Programme (SEIA) (EVINBO) Research Institute for Nature and Forest
This study investigates:
- the overall societal benefits of the implementation of the Flemish Natura 2000 programme, i.e. the importance or value of the ...