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 develops integrated knowledge for future delta life.

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Focus
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

24 July 2017
Save the date: UU Sustainability Conference TivoliVredenburg
We are proud to announce that the next UU Sustainability Conference will be held at TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, February 9, 2018.
14 July 2017
Subsidence in deltas at the LANDac International Conference 2017
Future Deltas contributed to the LANDac International Conference 2017
presenters at workshop NETs
3 July 2017
Workshop on the politics and governance of negative emissions technologies
On 15 and 16 June 2017, UCWOSL hosted an international workshop on the politics and governance of “negative emissions technologies” (NETs).
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Events

2 November 2017 09:00 - 17:00
Eighth Dutch Delta Congress 2017
The Dutch Delta Congress 2017 is taking place on 2 November in the WTC EXPO in Leeuwarden.
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