{"id":1904,"date":"2024-12-30T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joostengroep.nl\/news\/improving-growing-conditions-as-a-piece-of-the-urban-water-management-puzzle\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:52:07","slug":"improving-growing-conditions-as-a-piece-of-the-urban-water-management-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/joostengroep.nl\/en\/news\/improving-growing-conditions-as-a-piece-of-the-urban-water-management-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving growing conditions as a piece of the urban water management puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How far does the world of growing condition improvement extend? Much further than just the roots of trees, says Geert-Jan Derksen, technical specialist in innovation, sustainability, and advisory (IDeA) at Joosten Groep. Improving growing conditions is a crucial part of a bigger challenge: water management in urban areas. &#8220;Enhancing growing conditions in hardened environments is just one piece of the puzzle,&#8221; Derksen explains. This article is therefore not only about improving growing conditions but about the future of water management\u2014a topic that is becoming increasingly urgent. &#8220;If we do nothing about our water management now, the consequences for urban areas will be unimaginable.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1518,"template":"","categories":[70,69],"class_list":["post-1904","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Improving growing conditions as a piece of the urban water management puzzle - Joostengroep<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/joostengroep.nl\/en\/news\/improving-growing-conditions-as-a-piece-of-the-urban-water-management-puzzle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Improving growing conditions as a piece of the urban water management puzzle - Joostengroep\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How far does the world of growing condition improvement extend? 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