Blog
10 October 2019
TreeParker helps to rediscover the Coolsingel allure, Rotterdam
Unique soil cells give plane trees a second life. (Photo: Adriaan van Dam)
The Coolsingel is a boulevard in Rotterdam. But the allure that the nineteenth-century promenade on...
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25 September 2019
Cycling on the water with B'rain
Why don't we build the cycling path on top of the canal instead of next to it? That would save space and money. This revolutionary vision comes from B’RAIN, a collabora...
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9 July 2019
There is no such thing as an intrinsically deep rooted or shallow rooted tree species
There are numerous publications on the root plate dimensions of windthrown trees, and while published data are plentiful, studies of mature tree root systems that have not bee...
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2 April 2019
The crucial role of soil life below the paving
We humans happily clean up tree leaves. We are therefore asked on a regular basis: ‘Is there enough organic compound when the leaves can no longer decompose in the soil in w...
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16 January 2019
What causes root heave?
How many times, while walking or cycling, have you been bothered by cracks in the asphalt and lifted paving bricks? Or even worse, have fallen over it? Year after year cities ...
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