Dossier
Flooding
The amount of extreme rainfall and its severity is increasing in the Netherlands and Western Europe. What is the reason for this and what can we do to limit nuisance? In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of research on flooding.
Climate change is not only rising global temperatures, it also alters rainfall patterns. In the Netherlands we find that there are more and more floods by heavy rain. In urban areas, streets are more often flooded and it provides the necessary nuisance.
Changing rainfall patterns
Wageningen University & Research studies the causes of heavy rainfall and is looking for solutions to this phenomenon. For example, more green spaces in the city ensures that water can be drained faster into the ground. Storage of water is also important, because not only the number of heavy rains is increasing, also there are longer periods of drought.
News about flooding
News 2012-2019
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Estimating river delta change with Google Earth
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Increase in extremes calls for intensive river monitoring
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Prediction of floods and droughts is an effective measure for adapting to climate change
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Adaptive circular cities
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Fascinated by algorithms and downpours
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Climate-proof planning for flood-prone areas
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Probabilistic framework to estimate flood risk
Projects about flooding
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Towards Water Smart CitiesCities around the world face great challenges with water. We have to rethink the way we deal with water in our cities and need to (re)design cities... -
RichWaterWorld - Climate Proof Water Management in green transition zones between urban and rural areasGreen transition zones between urban and rural areas have potential for climate adaptation strategies. The project RichWaterWorld explores the... -
NeWater: Safe living, working and recreating in the drainage basins of large riversDeltas and underlying drainage basins are very susceptible to climate change. With the rise in water levels, the many people who live in these basins... -
Climate atlas for national useAre we able to build here without a risk of flooding? -
Blue Green DreamThe Adaptation Support Tool supports nature-based climateproofing of urban environments, with a co-design approach and quantified output. The tool was...
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Publications about flooding
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and grain arsenic and lead levels without compromising yield in organically produced riceAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 295 (2020). - ISSN 0167-8809
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Improving the performance of polymer-flooding produced water electrodialysis through the application of pulsed electric fieldDesalination 484 (2020). - ISSN 0011-9164
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Effect of non‐migrating bars on dune dynamics in a lowland riverEarth Surface Processes and Landforms (2020). - ISSN 0197-9337
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Scale‐dependent evanescence of river dunes during discharge extremesGeophysical Research Letters 47 (2020)6. - ISSN 0094-8276
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Near-daily discharge estimation in high latitudes from Sentinel-1 and 2: A case study for the Icelandic Þjórsá riverRemote Sensing of Environment 241 (2020). - ISSN 0034-4257
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Exploring the relation between flood risk management and flood resilienceWater Security 9 (2020).
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Replication Data for: Effect of non-migrating bars on dune dynamics in a lowland river: Wageningen University & Research
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Impact of flight altitude and cover orientation on Digital Surface Model (DSM) accuracy for flood damage assessment in Murcia (Spain) using a fixed-wing UAVEarth Science Informatics (2020). - ISSN 1865-0473
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Urban Floods, Clientelism, and the Political Ecology of the State in Latin AmericaAnnals of the American Association of Geographers (2020). - ISSN 2469-4452 - p. 1 - 17.
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Impact of trends in river discharge and ocean tides on water level dynamics in the Pearl River DeltaCoastal Engineering 157 (2020). - ISSN 0378-3839
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