Rhine Estuary Closable but Open

An integrated systems approach to floodproofing the Rhine and Meuse estuaries in the 21st century

Abstract (2010)

Authors

T. Rijcken Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
M. Kok Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
Research Group
Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2010 T. Rijcken, M. Kok
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Published Date

2010-6

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

In the spring of 2008, Delft University of Technology wrote a report for the Second Delta Committee, a body set up to advise the Dutch government and parliament on the Netherlands’ long-term flood risk policy. The Delft report included a colourful drawing of a solution for Rotterdam and the Drecht Cities, and the Delta Committee used this image to illustrate their ‘closable-but-open’ recommendation for the Rhine-Meuse estuary and explicitly recommended further research.