Design of the navigation and discharge channel in the tidal lake of the Delta21 project: A design and morphological modelling study

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...

Exploring the impact of coastal development on the societal and ecological system using a stakeholder framework: An application to Voorne

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...

Morphodynamics of the Haringvliet ebb-tidal delta: Unravelling the mechanisms behind its morphological evolution

<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...

Hydrodynamica en morfodynamica van de monding van het Haringvliet

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...