Samenvatting

Engineers design levees without taking into account animal activity. But in reality:
*Levees attract burrowing animals
*Many of them are protected (e.g. beavers)
*It is not always easy to detect burrows and remove them
Topics of interest are:
1. Eco engineering approaches for deterrence of animals
How can we make animals go elsewhere?
2. Detection and measurement techniques
How can we find burrows on a levee and measure their geometry?
3. Failure paths
How do levees fail when they have burrows?
4. Effectiveness of countermeasures
How can we repair levee damages made by burrowing animal?s