Integrated knowledge for future delta life

Deltas are attractive areas to live in and therefore densely populated. However they are threatened by human impact and climate change. Dealing with these threats requires a solid understanding of how natural and societal systems interact. Future Deltas developed integrated knowledge for future delta life.

The Future Deltas programme is now being continued in the Water, Climate & Future Deltas hub.

Water, Climate & Future Deltas

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Polder in the Netherlands
Understanding Drivers

Understand the complex interactions among physical, biological and chemical processes and human interventions that affect subsidence and loss of ecosystem services.

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New Orleans Flood
Predicting Impacts

Assess and predict impacts of subsidence and associated loss of ecosystem services in deltas. 

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People plant young tree in deep mud in mangrove reforestation project
Optimizing Solutions

Analyze, evaluate and improve management strategies to deal with impacts of subsidence and loss of ecosystem services.

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News

28 August 2019
Elevation of sinking Mekong Delta wrongly estimated for decades
Wrong assumptions linked to political decisions make related problems like salinisation and flooding even more urgent for inhabitants of the delta
14 August 2019
Human intervention increases risk of delta drowning
Urgent action is needed to minimise the disruption of sediment delivery and improve the resilience of deltas, concludes by a new study lead by Dr Frances Dunn.
9 August 2019
A quarter of world's population facing extremely high water stress
Calculations by hydrologists from Utrecht University formed the basis for the 2019 Water Risk Atlas.
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Events

14 January 2020 13:00 - 17:00
5th Brunings Lecture
5th Edition of the annual Christiaan Brunings Lecture, bringing together the scientists, practitioners and managers of rivers and estuaries.
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