Experimental research on the effects of surface screens on a mobile bed

In 2000 the Dutch government chose a new point of view for the Dutch rivers: “Room for the River”. This viewpoint is the basis for a new approach of high water protection in the Netherlands. Instead of strengthening and raising the dikes, solutions must be based on space and spatial quality. One of the suggested measures is the addition of...

Morphological response to dredging of the Upper Gorai River

The Gorai River is a tributary of the Ganges River and is the only river in the Southwest region of Bangladesh, which provides fresh water from upstream. In the past decades the flows in the Gorai River have been decreasing. From 1988 on, the flows in the lean season were even reduced to zero, due to heavy sedimentation in the off-take. In 1996...