Institute record of Resource Analysis N.V.

Information

Type
Organization
Type
https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Commercial
Name
Resource Analysis N.V.
Acronym
RA
Parent institute
Technum nv
Address
, Covelierstraat 15, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium
Contact numbers
Telephone
+3232700030
Email
ra@resource.be
Location
latitude
51.1923982
longitude
4.4347991
Description @en
Since its establishment as a research and consulting company in 1987, Resource Analysis (RA) has gained a strong reputation in the field of strategic policy advice for government bodies. The team that comprises engineers, economists, sociologists, ecologists and an oceanologist is able to make an integrated analysis and evaluation of a policy problem or opportunity. The team is experienced in the gathering relevant data and analysis with state-of-the-art policy evaluation techniques. Examples of these techniques are: - policy framework analysis, - scenario-building, - forecasting and backcasting, - development of future visions and plan alternatives, - MCA-analysis, - BSC-analysis, - strategic (environmental) impact assessment, - social impact assessment - several software calculation models to predict impacts on society and environment. RA uses Decision Support Systems (DSS) (sometimes own developed) to aid the decision making process in complex policy decisions among them are several coastal DSS-systems. RA focuses on research of societal and environmental impacts of water management projects on rivers, at coastal zones as well as in ports. "Quality in decision-making means" to RA crossing the bridge between knowledge and policy, basing decisions on a solid analysis and understanding of the physical and social context, developing an efficient decision-making process, and ensuring an active participation by stakeholders. RA undertakes its own research on the sustainable use and management of natural systems and on methods and tools for evaluation and decision-making. This permits RA to apply innovative approaches in its projects. Resource Analysis has gained extensive knowledge on coastal related projects. These projects and studies comprise integrated coastal zone management and environmental impact assessment, impact assessment of sea transport on the marine environment and human health and socio-economic user functions: e.g. agriculture, nature, fisheries. Decision Support Systems for different coastal zones were developed as well as an internet planning tool.
Description @nl
Resource Analysis (RA) is een onderzoeks- en adviesbureau met een multidisciplinair personeelsbestand van een vijfentwintigtal deskundigen. RA richt zich voornamelijk op het systematisch analyseren van complexe beleidsvraagstukken op het gebied van water- en kustbeheer, natuur en milieu, ruimtelijke ordening en mobiliteit. Ter ondersteuning van deze beleidsanalyse en besluitvorming ontwikkelt RA modellen en software. Voorbeelden zijn kennissystemen, beslissingsondersteunende systemen, workshops en spelsimulaties, ruimtelijke multi-criteria analyses, Rapid Assessment Program (software voor snel kwalitatief evalueren van consequenties van beleid) en ProjectWeb (projectbeheer via Internet). RA zoekt hierin voortdurend - ook door middel van eigen onderzoek - naar innovaties en heeft daartoe een zeer creatieve multidisciplinaire staf ter beschikking. RA treedt in verschillende projecten eveneens op als "sparring partner" tussen verschillende partijen en zorgt voor het bijeenbrengen en doorzichtelijk analyseren van de informatie ten behoeve van het besluitvormingsproces. Inzake kustgebonden projecten heeft Resource Analysis de voorbije jaren veel ervaring opgebouwd. Zo worden studies uitgevoerd binnen het kader van geïntegreerd kustzonebeheer en milieueffectenrapportage, inzake de impact van de zeescheepvaart op het mariene milieu en of de leefomgeving evenals studies die betrekking hebben op socio-economische vraagstukken: zoals bijvoorbeeld landbouw, natuur en visserij. Daarnaast richt Resource Analysis zich eveneens op de ontwikkeling van verschillende beslissingsondersteunende systemen en de ontwikkeling van een internet planning tool voor de kustzone. Op dit moment bestaat Resource Analysis N.V. niet meer en is het onderdeel geworden van Technum NV.

Institutes

Child organizations
Technum nv; Resource Analysis N.V.; Projectbureau LTV

Events

Introductiecursus Integraal Waterbeheer
Second BeNCoRe Conference: Geographic Information Systems in Coastal and Marine Research and Management

Members

Kristin Bluekens
role: Junior advisor
Julie Callebaut
Barbara Eykerman
role: Geographic Information Systems
Johan Gauderis
role: Specialist strategical economical advice
Annick Gommers
role: Environmental advisor
Cindy Gregoor
role: Financial administration
Geert Hendrickx
role: Specialist software
Bart Kamp
role: Senior advisor regional economy
Mark Montfoort
role: System management
Greet Nulens
role: Junior advisor
Marc Sas
Tom Scheltjens
role: Advisor economy and mobility
Marc Van Der Veken
role: Secretary
Nicole Van Doninck
Marc Van Dyck
role: General Director
Michaël Van Rompaey
role: Senior-Advisor
Els Vanthournout
role: Advisor natural resources
Lien Verbeeck
role: Junior Advisor Resource Analysis
Ingrid Verbeemen
role: Secretary
Wouter Verheyen
role: Junior advisor social aspects
Jan Vincke
Mattias Vral
role: Geographic Information Systems/IT
Ewald Wauters
role: Manager economy, spatial planning and mobility

Past members

Koen Couderé
role: Environment and Space Manager - Competence Manager

Expertise

ANE, North Sea
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 182108
Bangladesh
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 183100
Belgium, Schelde R.
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 183117
Coastal zone management
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 1655
Dredging
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2470
Dumping grounds
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2531
EIA
Fisheries
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3215
Floodplains
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3333
GIS
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 9519
Harbour regulations
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3904
Hydrology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 4114
Low water
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 4851
Mud
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5376
Nicaragua
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 186202
Recreational waters
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6794
River basin management
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 7006
Sustainable development
defined term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus
term code: 66783
Sustainable development
defined term set: Transportation Research Thesaurus
term code: 94590
Water management
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 9108
Wind energy
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 9333
geographic terms
Bangladesh
Durme R.
Grote Nete R.
Nicaragua
North Sea
Schelde
Scheldt Estuary

Special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: BENCORE
Marine expertise
Marine expertise: Type: Company
Safety
ScheldeMonitor
Shipping
Shipping: Fairway
Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-09-26