Mitigation of long-term bed degradation in rivers: set-up of research
Antonis Emmanouil (TU Delft - Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering)
Astrid Blom (TU Delft - Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering)
Enrica Viparelli (University of South Carolina)
R. Frings (RWTH Aachen University)
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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.