Mitigation of long-term bed degradation in rivers: set-up of research

Abstract (2017)

Authors

A. Emmanouil Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering - CEG
A. Blom Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering - CEG
Enrica Viparelli University of South Carolina
R. Frings Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule
Research Group
Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering (CEG) (TU Delft)
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2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering

Abstract

Sediment
management measures are  becoming
increasingly popular as they are  considered
sustainable from both economic  and
environmental point of view. For example, 
aimed at counteracting river bed degradation,  sediment nourishments have been carried out  in the German reaches of the Rhine river
while  a nourishment pilot study has
recently taken  place at the Dutch Rhine
and a nourishment  project has been
scheduled for the Danube by  the Austrian
water management authorities.  Moreover,
sediment management measures  are
implemented in various ecological  restoration
projects (e.g. Trinity river in U.S.  and
Nunome river in Japan) as sediments and  their
characteristics form the habitats of the 
biota, as well as in river training projects  around the world.