Towards Resilient Urban Stormwater Management in a Tsunami Reconstruction: A Scenario Discovery Study on Ötsuchi Town, Japan

In the face of climate change, urban stormwater management practices are subject to an uncertain context. More frequent and extreme rainfall events are expected in many urban areas. The extent how climate change will affect weather patterns is however uncertain. This challenges contemporary stormwater management practices. A post-disaster...

From observation well to model area: Estimating groundwater levels spatially using time series analysis

Estimating groundwater levels spatially using time series analysis. With time series analysis a response function of an observation well is determined. The response function is used to calibrate a conceptual groundwater model. This conceptual model is used to estimate groundwater levels in an area.

Risk-based vegetation maintenance in regional water systems

Regional water systems are being controlled to prevent flood events by different measures, such as water storage, weir management and vegetation maintenance. Vegetation maintenance has a significant effect on flood risk, because the hydraulic roughness decreases after cutting of vegetation. Stream restoration is a project in regional water...