Research Projects

L4WATER

Focus on some of the research projects from Louvain4Water researchers

Development of methodologies to assess the risk of groundwater pollution at the regional scale. The goal ? Protect drinking water resources.
Study of the mechanisms and regulation of water transport through biological membranes. For which application? Peritoneal dialysis, a substitution treatment for renal function in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Land Rush to Water Rush: Development of a participatory approach for integrated water resources management in the African Great Lakes region. How? 'Or' What ? By developing a simulation game based on action research around access to water.

Focus on some of the research projects from Louvain4Water researchers

Hydromax : Application for river flow forecasting

Summary Hydromax is the river flow forecasting application for the early warning of extreme hydrological events (floods as well as low waters) in the Meuse river basin and its tributaries...

Water Territories. Design studio.

Water Territories. Design studio. Short Project description This design studio focuses on the eastern territory of the second ring of the Brussels region, on the border with the Flemish...

Water Nexus Belgium

Voir la vidéo Short Project description Water Nexus was a policy support research project conducted between January 2019 and December 2020. The overall goal of the project was to support the...

Wascot

Wascot Project description This project investigates how urban wastewater and stormwater drainage services can undergo a fundamental transition over time, responding to the urgent need for a...

The Language of Water

The Language of Water Project description This research is the output of a mission for the department Omgeving of the Flamish Governement which seeked for unfolding a methodology for...

Summer School 2.1 ‘A Blue Space in Transition’

Summer School 2.1 ‘Un Espace Bleu en transition’ Short Project description The Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai chose water as the backbone for a regional joint project, the Blue Space....

Spatializing runoff water across Belgian territories

Spatializing runoff water across Belgian territories Project description This research spatialises the spaces of runoff water on the public domain in the Belgian territory. More precisely it...

Socio-ecological margins, territorial marginalisation...

Socio-ecological margins, territorial marginalisation and place-based practices in squatted water-reserves. PhD thesis Project description This research studies marginalized communities...

SMART-Medjerda

SMART-Medjerda : Renforcement des capacités en surveillance pour une gestion intelligente des ressources en eau de la Medjerda Short Project description Le projet vise à augmenter la...

SEALAB

SEALAB Short Project description SEALAB is an online solution for hydrodynamic modeling in coastal areas. We provide cloud-based ocean modeling and monitoring solutions for your specific...

Luxembourg in Transition

Mission expertise vision 'Luxembourg in Transition' Project description This project, launched by Department of Spatial Planning of the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning, worked...

Living valleys in Brussels’ XX century belt

Living valleys in Brussels’ XX century belt Project description This project is part of a wider research, LaboXX+I, focused on the belt built during the 20th century around Brussels. The...

Informal Water systems

Informality in Urban Water Systems: Affordability, Energy-Water Nexus and Social Network Aspects in Beirut, Lebanon. Short Project description When communities face water shortages, they...

Green with Grey

Green with Grey Project description Flanders is one of the best-known productive regions of Europe. Concentrating the majority of the Belgian industry and workforce, the Region features a...

GIRE-SAVA

GIRE-SAVA RENFORCEMENT DES CAPACITES EN GESTION INTEGREE DES RESSOURCES EN EAU DE LA REGION SAVA Project description La région SAVA dans le Nord-Est de Madagascar, est exposée aux risques...

ELOBI The shallows of Yaoundé

ELOBI Les bas-fonds de Yaoundé Project description Les quartiers informels des 'bas-fonds' de Yaoundé, Cameroun concentrent les populations socialement les plus précaires dans des conditions...

Drone-based photogrammetry for easy and fast topography...

Drone-based photogrammetry for easy and fast topography measurements Short Project description This project aims at the development drone-based photogrammetry using low-cost devices. In the...

Discharge measurements in rivers

Discharge measurements in rivers Short Project description This project aims at the development of an application to measure discharges in rivers based on surface-velocity measurements by...

Conflits environnementaux et reterritorialisation.

Conflits environnementaux et reterritorialisation. Vers une political ecology de la modernisation minière en RDC Description La contradiction entre le discours de lutte contre la pauvreté...

Community-based hydrological alliances in (informal)...

PhD Thesis: Community-based hydrological alliances in (informal) Kinshasa. Short Project description This research aims at mapping water geographies in the context of an African megacity, to...

BAFONBÉ

Appui technique et scientifique pour la valorisation et la gestion intégrée et durable des eaux dans les BAs-FONds au BÉnin pour l’irrigation: BAFONBÉ Short Project description L’objectif...

Advancing urban metabolism studies through GIS data

Advancing urban metabolism studies through GIS data: resource flows, open space networks, and vulnerable communities in Mexico City. Short Project description Urban metabolism studies...

Advancing the Urban Metabolism agenda across disciplines

Advancing the Urban Metabolism agenda across disciplines: An Integrated Framework for understanding the contribution of Ecosystem Services to Urban Metabolism assessments Short Project...