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van Horick, Quintes (author)The awareness of climate change has grown worldwide in the past years. Possible consequences of climate change are sea level rise, heavier storms and high river discharges, but also prolonged drought. For a country such as the Netherlands, these water level variations, high discharges and droughts could have a great impact. Therefore, solutions...master thesis 2023
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Smit, Niels (author)Throughout human history deltas attract people and all other sorts of life. Inherent to this increase of delta life is the growth in conflicting values and interests. Coastal systems are not only natural systems, but can also be regarded as societal and ecological systems. Development of the coastal system inevitably leads to changes in these...master thesis 2020
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Colina Alonso, Ana (author)<b>KEY POINTS:</b><br/>• While the formation of the intertidal shoal Hinderplaat was a direct consequence of a human intervention, its degradation was a natural response of the system to frequent hydrodynamic forcing conditions.<br/><br/>• Tidal currents push the Hinderplaat in offshore direction, but this is counteracted by waves: these...master thesis 2018
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De Winter, R.C. (author)This thesis is an exploratory research into the maintenance of the Slijkgat, by analysing the morphological behaviour of the Slijkgat and the Haringvliet. The Slijkgat is the approach channel for the fishery harbour of Stellendam. The delta area west of the Haringvliet Dam started to accrete after the construction of the dam around 1970,...master thesis 2008
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Van Holland, G. (author)Onder de rook van het Rotterdamse havengebied ligt het Haringvliet. Het Haringvliet is het bovenste estuarium van de Nederlandse rivierendelta en is in 1970 met een dam afgesloten. Deze Haringvlietdam is uitgevoerd met spuisluizen. Het gebied aan de zeezijde van de dam, de monding van het Haringvliet, is door deze ingreep sterk veranderd en is...master thesis 1997