Dike raising in a-seismie, subsiding area

The east coast of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela intersects with three large oil fields, Tia Juana, Lagunillas and Bachaquero. Formerly, the coast was low, but still not defended. Since the start of oil production in 1926, both the land and the lake bottom subsided. A dike had to bring protection: the origin of the three polders in the present...

Groundwater Modelling for Urban Water Management in Gouda, the Netherlands

In 2014, a project, Living Lab Land Subsidence, is established to find a sustainable solution for land subsidence problem in Gouda. Being a part of the project, this research focuses on building a high-resolution groundwater model (2m*2m) by describing the model (such as recharge, leaky sewerage pipes) in local details. Water management...

Remaking "Nature": An Ecological Transition Towards A Sustainable Landscape

Wetlands are the most important ecosystems on Earth, which can be found in many parts of the world. However, demand for food and economic development in the last century had driven many wetlands in the world being completely drained for cultivation and to the extent that no longer retain any natural wetland characteristics such as the Everglades...