From the very beginnings of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, water management has been a topic of prime importance. This subject has taken even greater priority in recent times due to climate change and the consequent erratic weather and sea-level rise. The measures taken to ensure water safety have been …

Worldwide, fish species are the most threatened taxa among freshwater vertebrates and have declined by 76% over the past 40 years. Anthropogenic activities such as the construction of dykes and dams are the main cause of this. These obstacles are very important for contemporary society, but they pose …

In the following thesis, research is conducted on the effect of sea-level rise and expected hydraulic load levels for the Scheldt Estuary, currently and in the future. As climate changes advances and the sea-level rises, insight into the effects of the rise on our coastal area's is essential. Rijkswaterstaat …

De Noordwaard is a recently established highwater flow area located near the Brabantse Biesbosch. In this area, dykes have been adapted and creeks have been dug, some of which are connected to the Hollands Diep and are subject to tidal influence. A large part of theagricultural land has been transformed …

Floods can be approached at a given location with two different concepts in mind: defending against floods or adapting to floods (Saurí-Pujol et al., 2001) (further, the option of mitigation exists, but this is a rather long-term and large-scale approach). First, resistance-based flood protection is …

Dike-ring 14 is the name for a series of dykes and dunes that protect The Randstad conurbation against the effects of climate change, rising sea-levels and subsidence. This has been achieved thus far with huge financial investments approximately every thirty years in order to raise the barriers that …

The international Wadden Sea is an estuarine tidal area along the North Sea coasts of The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. It is characteristic for regions with sandy coasts and a medium tidal range. Fifty barrier islands separate the Wadden Sea from the North Sea, and an offshore transition zone to …

Door klimaatveranderingen zal de hoeveelheid water dat door de Waal stroomt, toenemen. De huidige afvoer bij Lobith is 16.000 m3/sec, er zijn dus aanpassingen nodig. Hierbij wordt gekozen tussen rivierverruiming, dijkverzwaringen of een combinatie van beiden voor in de voorkeurstrategie Waal. Eén van …

De vraag naar woon-, werk- en recreatiegebieden in de overstromingsgevoelige IJssel-Vechtdelta blijft ondanks de waterperikelen. De geplande bypass bij Kampen is niet geheel onomstreden. Het deelt het bestaande cultuurlandschap in tweeën. Door de minimale breedte zijn er hoge dijken nodig waarachter …

Het ontwerpondersteunend onderzoek is gericht op het vinden van handvatten voor de uitwerking van het masterplan. Het masterplan is gemaakt voor de omgeving Kampen en Zwolle, gelegen in de IJssel-Vechtdelta. Nederzettingen in de IJssel-Vechtdelta hebben tot op heden niet altijd gebruik gemaakt van hun …