The Science Behind Room for the River 2.0’s Bed Erosion Control Measures
Kees Sloff (TU Delft - Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering, Deltares)
Anke Becker (Deltares)
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Abstract
The Room for the River 2.0 (RftR 2.0) program aims to stop large-scale bed erosion of the Rhine branches in the Netherlands. The authors have contributed to selecting and developing feasible solutions now under consideration for RftR 2.0. These solutions are grounded in a solid understanding of the flow and sediment transport processes driving the erosion. In this paper we show that not the total sediment transport, but the longitudinal gradient in transport is key to the large-scale erosion of the Waal River. We also discuss how this affects potential solutions and how uncertainties play a role.
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