RiverCare
The research programme RiverCare studies the consequences of recent interventions on the river system in the Netherlands, which aimed at reducing floods while improving conditions for biodiversity and navigation. The knowledge will be used to cut maintenance costs and better design future river management interventions.
In this research programme, researchers from Utrecht University work on the development of novel techniques to monitor floodplain vegetation with more detailed land-use maps and a toolbox to facilitate decision making on adaptation measures. Taking into account the overview of cost and benefits and the number of stakeholders involved, this toolbox can be used for stakeholder discussions.
Output
In this project, researchers from Utrecht University have delivered novel techniques to monitor floodplain vegetation and water temperature of river channels and prototype toolbox to estimate and get a quick overview of the multiple benefits and related costs of flood reduction interventions.
Consortium
The consortium of this research programme consists of 16 PhD-students, 3 postdocs and 2 junior researchers working and supervised at 5 different universities.
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| Other consortium partners | University of Twente (programme coordinator), TU Delft, Radboud University Nijmegen, Wageningen University & Research, STOWA, Deltares, Rijkswaterstaat, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport), Arcadis, RoyalHaskoningDHV, Witteveen+Bos, HKV, Bureau Waardenburg, Lievense CSO, Tygron, T-Xchange, German Fedetal Insitutue of Hydrology, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institutes, US Army Corps of Engineers. |
Contact persons
Project period: 2014-2019.