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Broekema, Y. (author)Modelling tidal dynamics in mangrove systems is of great use in studying effects of vegetation on flow and may prove to be a useful tool to support the management of mangrove areas. Since there are lots of limitations on obtaining field data inside mangrove forests, numerical models are indispensable to analyse the effects of changes in mangrove...student report 2013
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Tenthof van Noorden, C. (author), Vermeij, D. (author), Van Zuijlen, J. (author), Zeelenberg, W. (author)Manado, the capital city of North Sulawesi in Indonesia, is rapidly developing. The last years Manado has been extending into the sea, which changed the hydraulics and morphology of Manado Bay. This had negative effects on the currents, inducing erosion along the coast. Also Manado has problems with the presence of garbage in the rivers and...student report 2013
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Van der Neut, E.M. (author), Van Zuylen, J.A. (author), Verduijn, M. (author), Nederhoff, C.M. (author), Van der Zwaag, J. (author)The Thua Thien-Hue province, and especially the area around the city of Hue, is characterized by a small distance between mountains in the west and a flat coast with a coastal barrier in the east. The largest river in the area, the Huong river, flows through the city of Hue and is used for fishery, tourism, sand mining, sewage system and...student report 2013
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Van Blokland, J. (author), De Groot, P. (author), Rot, M. (author), Wieringa, S. (author), Wijnands, R. (author)In this multidisciplinary project a proposal for a framework for tsunami risk management in Chile, has been developed. This was done using Iquique in the north of Chile as a case study. Solutions for improvement of current practice have been searched within specific activity areas of hazard management: prediction, mitigation and response....student report 2013
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Kolijn, D. (author)The workshop is based around the development of a brand new port facility in Cameroon (West Africa) south of the Mboro cape at Kribi. The client supplied a large collection of data in order to perform a complete assessment of the area including a full metocean study, geotechnical investigation, breakwater and port facility design, vessel fleet...student report 2013
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Van Vliegen, K. (author), Van Oorschot, N. (author), Meinen, N. (author), Van Dijk, S. (author), Reimert, Z. (author)Ho Chi Minh City has to deal with severe flooding in the rainy season. To prevent the city from this flooding, MARD set up plan 1547. The main idea of the plan is to build a ring dike around HCMC in combination with several movable tidal barriers. One of these barriers is the Muong Chuoi Barrier. In this report a conceptual design of the Muong...student report 2013
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Wanders, G. (author), Van Velzen, B. (author), Scholtes, O. (author), Van Leeuwen, Y. (author), Henry, E. (author)Most hotels in the touristic city of Cartagena, Colombia are in Bocagrande. Bocagrande is coping with several issues which affect the social economic value of the peninsula. Flooding, coastal erosion, overtopping waves and lack of accessibility are the general issues mentioned by the stakeholders. They all seem to be interrelated and therefore...student report 2013
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Van der Biezen, T.F. (author), Kuhlman, W. (author), Schoen, J.J. (author), Stam, G.N. (author), Witteman, D. (author)To achieve economic growth, the intentions of Cuba are to focus on tourism. The current facilities of the Port of Havana are however in a state of heavy decay and the city is not able to receive tourists travelling by yacht or ferry. For this reason the master plan Tourist Port Havana has been created. The objective is to find a feasible...student report 2013
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Van Loon, P. (author), Olij, D. (author), Osmanoglou, D. (author), Stuij, S. (author), Tuinhof, T. (author), Veraart, S. (author)The Mfolozi Floodplain is situated in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and is part of Africa’s largest estuarine system: the St Lucia system. This estuarine system forms the main part of the iSimangaliso Wetland, which is a World Heritage Site of UNESCO. Since the beginning of the twentieth century the Mfolozi Floodplain is under...student report 2013
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Hasman, R. (author), Klerk, W.J. (author), Schoemaker, M.A. (author), Smits, E. (author)Master project report. A serious game on flood risk management and housing/urban development for the most urbanised island of the California coast. In the California Delta the flood protection for most islands is not up to the required standards. This is also the case for Bethel Island, one of the most urbanized islands in this region. The...student report 2013
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Liu, S. (author), Huang, J. (author), Rayo, S. (author), Lim, T.Y. (author)The Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam) is a main dam that forms the fundamental part of the larger Zuiderzee Works that separates the Zuiderzee, a salt water inlet of the North Sea, and turning it into the fresh water lake of the IJsselmeer. It protects the central Netherlands from the effects of the North Sea. It was constructed between 1927 and 1933,...student report 2012
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Cats, G. (author), Disselkoen, M. (author), Galema, A. (author), De Greef, J. (author), Habets, C. (author), Van Loon, P. (author), Olij, D. (author), Oujamaa, I. (author), Rijsburger, S. (author), Stuij, S. (author), Treffers, J. (author), Tuinhof, T. (author), Veraart, S. (author), Versteegt, G. (author), Vos, G.J. (author), Vrolijk, E. (author), Chernaev, H. (author), Nikolova, S. (author), Moinova, D. (author), Karakolev, P. (author)Sirius Beach and Azalea Beach are beaches situated north of Varna in Bulgaria. The beaches have names of hotels situated at the beach. The hotel owners describe large scale erosion at the beaches over the years. Throughout the years groups of students from Delft have measured the waterline (by GPS) and the cross sections. The beaches are...student report 2012
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Van Verseveld, H.C.W. (author), Weller, A.H.C. (author), Van Heemst, C. (author), Willems, J.A. (author)Multidisciplinary Master Project In 2006, the Greater Concepción (Chile) experienced major flooding of the River Biobio with millions of dollars worth of damage as a consequence. This event was previously seen as a 1 in a 100 year event by the authorities. These conditions, however, are calculated to have a return period of about 20 years...student report 2012
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Beemsterboer, D. (author), Christophe, J. (author), Scheepjens, R. (author), Veldman, M. (author), Van der Wielen, V. (author)In 2009 the Chinese State Council approved the developing plan for Jiangsu coastal zone that was part of the national developing strategy. The plan set goals to reclaim 21 areas in the Jiangsu coastal zone with main objective to achieve an economical impulse for the Jiangsu province. The Tiaozini reclamation acted as a pilot project and was...student report 2012
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Lemmens, D. (author), Smaling, H. (author), De Jong, J. (author), De Kloet, M. (author)The predictions for the future foretell an increase of the amount of exported grain over the Rio Paraná/Rio de la Plata system of 63% in 2030. Besides this, the new Panama locks will be finished in 2015. Seeing as the current shipping standard is largely determined by the Panama locks, the general expectation is that the vessel dimensions will...student report 2012
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De Vries, P. (author), Brouwer, M. (author), Bresser, G. (author), Lavies, H. (author), Moen, J. (author)The objective of the project is to ‘develop a financially- and technically feasible development strategy for the Port of Walvis Bay, taking account of the uncertainties of future events’. As there is a high degree of uncertainty in the future demands for services, the attention is focussed on designing a development strategy that maximizes the...student report 2012
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Bij de Leij, A.W. (author), Smulders, J. (author), Dagniaux, M.F. (author), Lamboo, M.C.T. (author), Van den Hoogen, M.G.M. (author), Van Leeuwen, M.C. (author)Master project report. The objective of the report is to find a suitable greenfield port location at the east coast of India, to develop a technical feasible master plan for this location and to determine the financial viability of this master plan. With respect to the objective conclusions are drawn. The northern part, i.e. the states of West...student report 2012
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Kerssens, P. (author), Verreijken, K. (author), Vermerris, P. (author), Wijs, J. (author)Student project report, in cooperation with Smith-Warner International Ltd. (SWIL), Kingston, Jamaica. At this moment the shipping channels in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, slowly accrete. When the harbour is expanded, the local and global sediment transport is likely to change. During this project it is investigated whether these changes are...student report 2012
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Bo, J. (author)Although the effect of wave attenuation by mangrove has been widely observed and studied, the problem pertaining to how to accurately describe the geometrical properties is still remaining unresolved. Also, the material properties of mangrove root have not been comprehensively studied before. This is study is dedicated for the survey on...student report 2012
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Papadopoulos, D. (author)The aim of this study is the particularisation of the accuracy margins for the determination of the damage level in the experimental plan proposed by Remon Kik at his thesis for the study of Notional Permeability of breakwaters “The experimental research of the permeability factor P”. The evaluation of the proposed technique took place by means...student report 2012