England blickt auf eine lange und wohlbekannte Geschichte der Verteidigung seiner Küsten zurück. Auch heute hat der Küstenschutz eine hohe Priorität – obgleich der Fokus jetzt auf Erosions- und Hochwasserschutz sowie dem Schutz der Infrastruktur liegt. Bei dem hier beschriebenen Projekt handelt es sich um das größte privat finanzierte Küstenschutzprojekt seiner Art in der britischen Geschichte.
In Hufeisenform zieht sich der Wallgraben um den Altstadtkern von Delitzsch in Sachsen. Der Graben ist ein stehendes Gewässer mit einer alten mineralischen Dichtung. Durch das nahe gelegene Flüsschen Lober kann der Graben bei Bedarf mit Frischwasser gespeist werden.
Vanke is renowned in China for its real estate developments, including shopping centres, residential towers, ski resorts, and more. Many of the world’s top architectural firms are involved in these projects.
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwest Vietnam where the Mekong River flows into the sea through a network of distributaries with over 40,500km². It encompasses a large portion of south- western Vietnam and is the world‘s 3rd largest delta. The Mekong Delta is known as „biological treasure trove“ with over 1,000 animal species. It is by far Vietnam’s most productive region in agriculture and aquaculture.
Padang is the capital city and considered as the largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. As part of the urban development, it was planned to widen the main road from Tabing to Duku (main access road of Minangkabau International Airport). It was proposed to extend the 2-lane road to a 4-lane road. The main significance of this project was the increase in accessibility and the economic impact on the local com-munity and international tourists.
The coal fired power plant Manjung 4 or Sultan Azlan Shah power station is considered to be one of the biggest Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects in Asia. Located 4.5m above sea level on 320ha of reclaimed land on the coast of Perak in Malaysia, the Manjung 4 consists of 5 units, with a total capacity of 4.1GW. An average of 30,000 tonnes of coal per day or 15 million tonnes of coal per year are consumed for electricity generation.
Townsville city lies on the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia with an estimated population of 200,000. Townsville city council runs three operational landfills that are open to the public. The Townsville Waste Services Department issued documentation for contract in late 2014 for capping and stormwater management of its two largest waste facilities at the Stuart landfill and the Hervey Range landfill. The Stuart landfill has an area of 81 hectares, while the total area of the Hervey Range landfill is approximately 74.6 hectares.
Im Sommer 1997 ereignete sich mit dem Oderhochwasser die größte bekannte Flut an dem deutsch-polnischen Grenzfluss. Durch die mehrwöchige Hochwassersituation wurden nach zahlreichen Deichbrüchen rund 5500 ha landwirtschaftliche Fläche und Siedlungen mit etwa 400 Wohnhäusern überschwemmt. Mehrere Tausend Menschen mussten evakuiert werden.
Singapore is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Green space on this tightly developed island comes at a premium, but it has become the mission of this Asian city-state to transform itself into a truly green, world city. The impressive Gardens by the Bay installation is the result: a 101ha spread of botanical gardens, forestry, walking trails and waterway views in the heart of Singapore. It’s built on land reclaimed from the sea, and geosynthetics from Naue have played a major role in bringing this garden vision to life.
The electrified double tracking project between the city of Subang Jaya and Skypark Terminal in Malaysia was funded by the Government through Ministry of Transport. The aim was to provide rail-based public transport to connect the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SAAS) Airport Terminal 3 (Skypark Terminal) and its vicinity with the existing railway network.
