Integrated hazard, risk and impact assessment of tropical marine sediments from Tema Harbour (Ghana) - (Botwe et. al) - 2016
Vellinga and Slinger Ghana stakeholder workshop Feb 2017
Arno Kangeri, Frameworks for Harbor Sustainability in Africa (2017)
Tiedo Vellinga, Integrated and sustainable port development Making a conscious choice for humans, environment and economy (2017)
Arno Kangeri - Mapping ecosystem change in a data poor environment
A sustainability assessment of ports and port-city plans: Comparing ambitions with achievements - Shipper et. al
Slinger and de Boer PIANC event The Netherlands 2017
Koetse et al Achtergrondrapport-relatieve-prijsstijging-natuur-en-ecosysteemdiensten Report 2017
Vellinga et al Integrated and Sustainable Port Development in Ghana 2017
Vellinga Integrated and sustainable port development, Ports Evolution Conference September 2017
Slinger et al Stakeholder inclusive design for Sustainable Port Development 2017
Taneja et al Abstract 1 PIANC 2018
Slinger et al Abstract 2 PIANC 2018
Slinger et al Abstract 3 PIANC 2018
Slinger et al Abstract 4 PIANC 2018
Vellinga Presentation PMAWCA Accra July 2018
Slinger Shaping the port of the future presentation ROME 2018
Taneja and Vellinga Abstract PIANC 2018
Taneja Poster BDP UDW meeting Dhaka 2018
Vreugdenhil et al Presentation Adaptation Futures 2018
From the 5th until the 10th of February 2017, the Sustainable Ports Development research team travelled to Ghana on a fact-finding mission. The multi-disciplinary research team consisted of 11 researchers from the TU Delft, Deltares, Unesco- IHE, Wageningen Marine Research and The VU Amsterdam. During and prior to this week they actively worked together with their Ghanaian counterparts, 9 researchers from the University of Ghana. The objective of the exchange visit was to learn from the past and from each other, but mostly from the Ghanaian experts and local stakeholders.
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Africa is on the rise and new ports are essential to unlock production and trade opportunities and enable future growth. However, an integrated inter-disciplinary approach to sustainable port development, which embraces the four perspectives of engineering, ecology, economy and governance is lacking. The ongoing NWO-UDW project “Integrated and Sustainable Port Development in Ghana” addresses this gap.This paper describes the project including the underlying vision and the objectives, the work-plan and the expected project results. It also describes the results of a workshop in Ghana in July 2015 to identify needs and values of relevant stakeholders with respect to Tema port development.
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It is being increasingly recognized that sustainable port development requires an integrated planning approach which includes working with nature, a stakeholder inclusive design and co-creation of values, as well as an adaptive design that can cope with future uncertainties without losing its functionality. The multi-disciplinary character of port design whereby engineering, ecological, economic and governance aspects are integrated, makes the implementation of this approach very challenging. Not surprisingly, concrete examples of port projects incorporating and demonstrating these principles are rare. This paper proposes that pilot case studies would go a long way towards the acceptance and implementation of the approach.
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This report provides a full overview of the 'Kick off Meeting and First General Workshop for Supporting Parties'. The contents includes what the group defined as a 'sustainable port', what specific concepts should be considered in building a sustainable port in Tema, Ghana, an overview of the outcomes of the 'Port of the Future' game, and more.
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