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Channel response of an engineered river to climate change and human intervention

Ylla Arbos, C. (author)

Humans have intervened in rivers for centuries. River engineering measures have aimed at protecting populations against flooding, ensuring reliable and safe navigation, providing freshwater for drinking, domestic and industrial use, irrigation, and energy supply, and providing opportunities for recreation. All around the world, measures such as...

doctoral thesis 2024

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Bed level change in the Upper Rhine Delta and Niederrhein

Ylla Arbos, C. (author), Blom, A. (author), Acevedo Goldaracena, F. (author), van Vuren, S (author), Schielen, R.M.J. (author)

The Rhine reach comprising the Niederrhein and the Upper Rhine Delta is characterized by a long history of engineering interventions. The area is densely populated and the Rhine, the main inland waterway in Europe, justifying the need for such measures. Interventions have had a strong impact on morphodynamic channel characteristics. We use bed...

conference paper 2020

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Crowd-Based Observations of Riverine Macroplastic Pollution

van Emmerik, T.H.M. (author), Seibert, Jan (author), Strobl, Barbara (author), Etter, Simon (author), den Oudendammer, Tijmen (author), Rutten, M.M. (author), bin Ab Razak, Mohd Shahrizal (author), van Meerveld, Ilja (author)

Macroplastic pollution (> 0.5 cm) negatively impacts aquatic life and threatens human livelihood on land, in oceans and river systems. Reliable information on the origin, fate and pathways of plastic in river systems is required to optimize prevention, mitigation and reduction strategies. Yet, accurate and long-term data on plastic...

journal article 2020

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Assessment framework of actor strategies in international river basin management, the case of Deltarhine

Renner, Tobias (author), Meijerink, Sander (author), van der Zaag, P. (author), Smits, Toine (author)

The combined effects of socio-economic growth as well as climate change exert increasing pressure on international river basins and require dedicated cooperative efforts to jointly manage international rivers. Cooperative strategies drawn from scientific literature, empirical research and practitioner’s handbooks are explored and clustered...

journal article 2020

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Cross-shore transport of nearshore sediment by river plume frontal pumping

Horner-Devine, Alexander R. (author), Pietrzak, J.D. (author), Souza, Alejandro J. (author), McKeon, Margaret A. (author), Meirelles, Saulo (author), Henriquez, M. (author), Flores, Raúl P. (author), Rijnsburger, S. (author)

We present a new mechanism for cross-shore transport of fine sediment from the nearshore to the inner shelf resulting from the onshore propagation of river plume fronts. Onshore frontal propagation is observed in moorings and radar images, which show that fronts penetrate onshore through the nearshore and surf zone, almost to the waterline....

journal article 2017

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Optimization of the dimensions of dry bulk ships: The case of the river Rhine

Hekkenberg, R.G. (author)

journal article 2015

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Fit for purpose? Building and evaluating a fast, integrated model for exploring water policy pathways

Haasnoot, M. (author), Van Deursen, W.P.A. (author), Guillaume, J.H.A. (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), Van Beek, E. (author), Middelkoop, H. (author)

Exploring adaptation pathways is an emerging approach for supporting decision making under uncertain changing conditions. An adaptation pathway is a sequence of policy actions to reach specified objectives. To develop adaptation pathways, interactions between environment and policy response need to be analysed over time for an ensemble of...

journal article 2014

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Rhine

Kuzniecow Bacchin, T. (author)

The territorial system of the Rhine-Meuse- Scheldt Delta, located between the Netherlands and Belgium, is characterised by the omnipresence of water in different environments. From the North Sea coast to the delta estuaries, this territorial system is formed by the confluence of three major rivers from northwest Europe: the Rhine, the Meuse and...

book chapter 2013

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Features of good territorial governance in the flood management along the Dutch-German border

Wandl, A. (author), Zonneveld, W.A.M. (author)

conference paper 2013

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Pilot Projects in Water Management: Practicing Change and Changing Practice

Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author)

Pilot projects are widely applied in water management. They can be used to test risky innovations at confined scale, but can also be used to delay policy decisions or to advocate a particular innovation. In this book the phenomenon ‘pilot project’ is explored both theoretically and empirically. A framework to analyse pilot projects is developed...

doctoral thesis 2010

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Stroomgebiedbeheerplan Rijndelta

Anonymous, N.N. (author)

De Kaderrichtlijn Water heeft tot doel de oppervlaktewateren - waaronder ook overgangswater en kustwater - en het grondwater in de Europese Unie te beschermen en te verbeteren en het duurzaam gebruik van water te bevorderen. De doelstellingen van de KRW moeten op 22 december 2015 zijn bereikt. Deze termijn kan onder bepaalde voorwaarden worden...

report 2009

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Klimaatbestendigheid van de drinkwatervoorziening in Nederland gebaseerd op oppervlaktewater

Zwolsman, J.J.G. (author)

Deltares werkt momenteel in opdracht van RWS-Waterdienst aan de opzet van het project "Klimaatbestendigheid van Nederland Waterland". In dit project wordt onderzocht wat de klimaatbestendigheid is van het hoofdwatersysteem van Nederland. In het project staan twee vragen centraal: 1. Waar liggen de omslagpunten die leiden tot een ander...

report 2008

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Sturende factoren erosie, transport en sedimentatie in stroomgebieden Rijn en Maas

Van der Meulen, S. (author), Joziasse, J. (author), Van Meurs, G. (author), Van den Ham, G. (author), Vastenburg, E. (author)

Het Delft Cluster-project Waterkwaliteit & Calamiteiten brengt de toekomstige ontwikkeling van de water- en slibkwaliteit in beeld onder invloed van extreme gebeurtenissen (gerelateerd aan bijvoorbeeld klimaatsverandering en verandering in landgebruik) en door de mens veroorzaakte calamiteiten (zoals lozingsongelukken). Dit rapport is het...

report 2008

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Effecten van klimaatverandering op de Waterkwaliteit in de Rijn en Maas

Van Vliet, M. (author), Zwolsman, G. (author), Joziasse, J. (author)

De waterkwaliteit van rivieren is het meest kritisch tijdens hydrologische extremen en onder hoge watertemperaturen. Uit verkennende studies naar effecten van klimaatverandering op de waterkwaliteit in de Rijn (Zwolsman & Van Bokhoven, 2007) en Maas (Van Vliet & Zwolsman, 2007) is gebleken dat er in het algemeen een verslechtering van de...

report 2008

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Assessing Management Regimes in Transboundary River Basins: Do They Support Adaptive Management?

Raadgever, G.T. (author), Mostert, E. (author), Kranz, N. (author), Interwies, E. (author), Timmerman, J.G. (author)

River basin management is faced with complex problems that are characterized by uncertainty and change. In transboundary river basins, historical, legal, and cultural differences add to the complexity. The literature on adaptive management gives several suggestions for handling this complexity. It recognizes the importance of management regimes...

journal article 2008

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Old contaminated sediments in the Rhine basin during extreme situations

Peñailillo Burgos, R. (author), Passier, H. (author), Bakker, I. (author), Delsman, J. (author), Van Vliet, M. (author)

Sediments play an important role in water resources management. In the past, hazardous contaminants from municipal and industrial wastewater effluents and from agriculture were discharged in large quantities into the water bodies and accumulated within the bottom sediments. Today, relatively unpolluted recent sediment surface layers cover older...

report 2007

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Comparative Study of Flood Risk Management and Land Use in the Deltas of Rhine River, Yellow River and Mississippi River

Huang, B. (author), Guangzhou, M. (author)

The Rhine River in the Netherlands, the Yellow River in China and the Mississippi River in the U.S. are three great rivers in the world. Each of them is performing a significant role in the country. The delta area for each river, in particular, is served as the centre in importance and commonly the most developed region in the whole river basin....

report 2007

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The impact of climate change on the water quality of the Rhine river

Van Bokhoven, A.J. (author)

In this research the effect of hydrological extremes on water quality are studied for the Rhine River, in order to assess potential water quality effects of climate change. The water quality of the Rhine was studied for the periods 1975-1977 and 1987-2005. During these periods eight hydrological extremes occured, five of which being classified...

report 2006

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Waterkwaliteit van de Rijn en de Maas bij (extreem) lage afvoeren

Zwolsman, G. (author), Doomen, A. (author)

De zomer van 2003 werd gekenmerkt door aanhoudend hoge temperaturen en lage rivierafvoeren. De effecten van deze droogteperiode op de waterkwaliteit zijn tot op heden niet diepgaand onderzocht. De algemene indruk is dat de effecten wel mee zullen vallen. In de "Evaluatienota Waterbeheer Aanhoudende droogte 2003"(Min. V&W, 2004) wordt ook met...

report 2005

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Development of flood management strategies for the Rhine and Meuse basins in the context of integrated river management

Van Deursen, W.P.A. (author), Middelkoop, H. (author)

Water management of the rivers Rhine and Meuse is surrounded by major uncertainties. The central question is then: given the uncertainties, what is the best water management strategy? This raises the need for integrated scenarios that consider possible futures in a coherent and consistent way. Within the framework of IRMA-SPONGE a scenario study...

report 2002