The last weeks I’ve been modeling and calculating the impacts on the land areas of the coastal zone of Lagos State by applying ocean storm surge levels (return periods) in a model. This model is ra...
Patience is a great thing in Nigeria, but you will be rewarded if you can deal with long procedures. The procedure to collect the data needed for my study was time consuming and complex, because it...
The First week of my internship in Juba, Southern Sudan, turned out to be rather bizarre. After the flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi I got on the plane to Juba. Arriving in Juba I lined up with the...
My green light presentation for Wageningen University went well, and I was allowed to continue the way I set out the approach and methods for the coastal flooding management study. Unfortunately th...
A description of my visit to the Shanghai EXPO and the last days in Beijing
An overview of the activities during NEA's Yangtze Waste Management Fact Finding Mission
Overview of the activities during my second full week in Beijing, and a preview of the trip to Wuhan, Yichang and Shanghai of next week.
My first week of research in Beijing and my personal experiences in this period
It was my birthday last week. I wanted to organize a party for my new friends. Maybe cook some dinner, buy some drinks, just to have a good time, nothing special. I started asking around if people ...
Four weeks ago I arrived in Lagos, Nigeria. It was not the first time being in Lagos: I grew up in Lagos and spent my childhood here till my 8th year, because my parents were working in Lagos. So f...
An overview of my activities during the research in The Netherlands.
Sea level rise is a hot topic in the Netherlands. There is a general public awareness of the importance of levees and dykes, and no one will question the necessity to reinforce and heighten the dyk...
My first real assignment here in Aktau was to write a technical note as I mentioned before. I found out that it’s not just writing a letter.
Four weeks ago I arrived in San Francisco. Peter Wijsman from Arcadis U.S. picked me up from the airport and brought me to my temporary new home: Stanford University’s campus. It was a beautiful da...
Ilya (one of the male colleagues) works on a project in a village called Bautino. It’s also about creating an artificial island, but it’s ‘fixed’ to the mainland. In the end they use the land as a ...
Except from working in a office for my internship I'm also visiting another country with its own culture. Women's day is a part of the culture in Kazakhstan.
I didn't even know that it existed. Bu...
I've seen and got known of a lot of things in my first week Aktau. Let's start on Monday...
Saturday 27th of February was the big day. My flight would take off ad 5.40 pm. First I would fly to Almaty that’s in the east of Kazakhstan. There I would have 1,5 hours to get on the plane to Aktau.
After conducting the fieldwork, it was time to analyze all the data collected and finalize the technical report on gender.
Last week I got a new job again. Besides my work at the building foundation on the DC05 Island, I got a job to calculate a simple transportable footbridge.
During the drilling phase of DC05, a w...
Last week I did a lot of drawing work with AutoCAD. Previous blog I told something about the trench elements on the DC05 Island. Last week I also worked for that project. I had to adjust a couple o...
Welcome at my first blog. I hope you enjoy reading my work and living experience here in Aktau. I’m here already for one month and I have to say I really like what I’m doing at the moment. There ar...
Another case study worth sharing with you is that of Zimona, Fahema and Hafiza - 3 widowed/abandoned women. It demonstrates the important contribution of CDSP-III to their vulnerable livelihoods an...
During my fieldwork, I conducted several case studies. These case studies give good insight into the real life struggles of people and the impact of CDSP-III on the position and empowerment of wome...
I started this week by meeting Jorina, Senoare, Jahanara, Jasmin and Fatema. I already met these women last week, as they are members of a WMO and therefore present at their WMO’s annual meeting. E...
Despite the inundations in Dhaka last week, I managed to reach the city for the weekend. The situation was quite impressive. At one point Dhaka experienced a rainfall of 290 mm in six hours; a reco...
This blog is the overview of our total time in Ukraine and in which we briefly described all our work, traveling and experiences!
A short blog of final weeks of my internship in Indonesia.
Working and living in Jakarta has shown me a different view of the world. In this week’s blog I will share my experiences in the city of Jakarta. I attended a traditional Indonesian wedding that a ...
After a desk study of the most important project documents and literature, it was time to go back to the project area again. This time to start my interviews and attend a land hearing for landless ...
After 10 weeks of living and working in Indonesia I think it is suitable to mention some more about the social environment in Indonesia. Besides the social environment I will share my experience of...
Amsterdam to Hanoi and my first two days in Viet Nam
The weeks in which a got to know more about the construction environment in Indonesia and witnessed the opening of the new office of Witteveen+Bos
On the 24th of June I arrived in Dhaka, after a long but comfortable flight.
My first blog in which I will tell a little bit about myself and my upcoming internship
Hereby an overview of the first weeks of my internship in Indonesia
My name is Jeroen Endhoven, I’m 19 years old and a 3th years student of Civil Engineering at the University of Arnhem and Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The purpose of the 3th year internship is to g...
