Projects
Sinking populated areas built on peat soils in deltas
In this research, geographers and biologists work together to investigate the present status and future potential for peat compaction and oxidation, in the organic-clastic subsurface of built-up areas.
Governing land subsidence in Indonesia
This project explores the gaps amongst actual government’s policies and suggests that there is a need to involve multi stakeholders – local governments, communities, civil society organizations, academics, and private sectors – on dealing with land subsidence problems to achieve effective governance.
Rise and Fall
This research programme aims to enhance the capabilities of individuals and organisations to develop sustainable strategies for dealing with groundwater extraction, land subsidence and salt water intrusion in the increasingly urbanising Mekong Delta (Vietnam).
Delta Evolution
The Delta Evolution research programme focuses on the evolution of river systems and deltaic areas, including the near-coastal zones, over timescales ranging from 102 to 106 years.
Flooding effects on riparian vegetation and biodiversity
A future higher risk of severe flooding of streams and rivers has been projected to change riparian plant communities, but the extent and direction of change remain uncertain.
Drowning or Emerging
To investigate how delta drowning can be prevented we investigate water flow and sediment processes and establish scenarios of for future delta development an ideal trial area.
From river basin to barrier reef
Due to changes in land-use suspended sediment and nutrients, derived from the Berau Delta, might negatively impact coral reef health.
Monitoring floodplain ecosystems
The project aims to determine a system of multiscale ecotope classes that can be linked to ecosystem services of river floodplains, and can be monitored using remote sensing data.
Public and Private Responsibilities for Adaptation to Climate Change
The Water Framework Directive aims to harmonise European water management based on a river basin approach. Because of the complexity of the directive many Member States struggled with the way how to implement the directive correctly.
Strategies for subsiding Jakarta
Northern Jakarta is subsiding. In a few decades from now, it may have fallen an additional 3-5 metres below mean sea level. Unless action is taken, there will be more frequent and prolonged flooding.
Kockengen waterproof
Subsidence causes major problems in urbanized areas, like Kockengen. That’s why the municipality wants to start a large project called ‘Kockengen Waterproof’.
Exploring the potential of Managaged Aquifer Recharge in Bangladesh
This project enhances knowledge on financial, institutional, environmental, technical, and social factors that influence the potential of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) for safe drinking water provision in saline deltas.
Nutrient management and legislation in deltas
The aim is to test the potential of paleoenvironmental records to help setting targets for water quality standards and nutrient management in delta-dominated coastal areas under extensive anthropogenic pressure.
Floodland
This proposal focusses on flood risk management related to planning and land use and discusses alternative approaches to store abundant water from river floods (and also flash floods) in more innovative ways.
Dynamics of the Suriname Deltaic Coast
The objectives of this pilot project is to build a database of earth observation images available (satellite imagery/aerial photos), to co-register the imagery and to quantitatively map the coastal dynamics and Mangrove forest dynamics of the Suriname coast since ~1947,
Ecosystem services in deltas under pressure
We will produce a position paper that combines knowledge and experience across a range of different disciplines to analyze the impacts of global change and opportunities for the future for ecosystem services in deltas.
Land subsidence in the Yangtze delta
This research project aims to analyze and assess the land and groundwater governance arrangements related to land subsidence in the Yangtze Delta in general and Shanghai in specific.
Research agenda for the Delta-Ostrich
Our overall objective is to establish a science-based fundamental research agenda for long-term, sustainable management of the Rhine-Meuse delta.
Political and sOcial awareness on Water EnviRonmental challenges (POWER)
POWER is a user-driven project to share knowledge and experience of water related issues in different EU local authorities to create a tool for EU water policy.
All Risk
Implementation of new risk standards in the Dutch flood protection program: All Risk.
Gaming for policy experimentation in future deltas
The aim of this seed money project is to develop a prototype for a flexible simulation gaming platform.
Water-Food-Biodiversity nexus in global changing deltas
Water-Food-Biodiversity nexus in global changing deltas.
Implications of self-maintaining blowouts on coastal-dune development
Our aim is to develop a bio-physical model for coastal dune evolution with which we will contribute solving present and future challenges in coastal-dune management.
Rapid coastal fresh-saline groundwater modelling on a global scale
This project focuses on developing tools for quick construction of fresh-salt groundwater flow and coupled salt transport models and scenario development of climate and anthropogenic changes and their impact on coastal fresh groundwater reserves, both in terms of quantity and quality.
Operational managment of regional salt-fresh water resources
In this project we develop new operational tools to be used for operational management of regional fresh water resources in low-lying deltaic areas with saline groundwater exfiltration.
Rapid regional mapping of fresh-saline groundwater distribution
This project aims to map the regional distribution and volume of fresh and saline water in coastal areas, which is essential for sustainable (ground)water management.
Fresh groundwater reserves in 40 major deltas under global change
We will use models of surface water hydrology and variable-density groundwater flow to estimate the current fresh groundwater reserves in 40 deltas.
NATURE COAST hydrogeological impacts fresh groundwater resources
We developed tools to understand and predict the effects of the Sand Motor and similar mega-nourishment operations on fresh groundwater availability and salt water intrusion processes in the Dutch dune-beach system and other mega-suppletion situations.
Project: Aquifer Storage and Zecovery in Zeeland
GO-FRESH aims to improve the use of existing fresh groundwater resources and create new freshwater reserves.
Understanding how sand nourishments affect embryonic dune development
We aim to study how nourishment strategies affect the physical and ecological drivers of embryonic dune development along sandy coasts.
Interactive decision support for flood risk reduction interventions
The aim of this project is to prototype an interactive decision support tool that provides a planning environment.
Regional sea level change and subsidence
We will explore whether we can combine climate driven RRSLC with directly human driven RRSLC from subsidence.
Mangroves under pressure
Mangrove ecosystem functioning and degradation in a delta under pressure
Preparing urban private property for floods
The goal is to recommend policy at national and EU levels.
Phytoplankton-salinization relationships in the Dutch coast
We will use phytoplankton data to assess how human impact and climate variability drive successive changes in the Dutch coastal plain.