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
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Multi-annual research on climate adaptive planning for elevated sandy soils
- The Netherlands has seen yet another dry springtime, while lately the rain that does fall tends to pour down in peak showers. Elevated sandy soils in... -
Near-daily discharge estimation in high latitudes from Sentinel-1 and 2: A case study for the Icelandic Þjórsá river
- An article of Joost Brombacher, Johannes Reiche, Roel Dijksma, Adriaan Teuling: Near-daily discharge estimation in high latitudes from Sentinel-1 and...
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 Cities
Cities 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 areas
Green transition zones between urban and rural areas have potential for climate adaptation strategies. The project RichWaterWorld explores the... -
Climate atlas for national use
Are we able to build here without a risk of flooding? -
Blue Green Dream
The 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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Desalination of Polymer-Flooding Produced Water at Increased Water Recovery and Minimized Energy
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59 (2020)36. - ISSN 0888-5885 - p. 16059 - 16067. -
Age of floodplain system affects sensitive rheophilic fish communities : a study of 30 years of floodplain management
In: Managing changing rivers. - : Netherlands Centre for River Studies - p. 49 - 50. -
Justice of compensation for spatial flood risk management – comparing the flexible Austrian and the structured Dutch approach
Lebendige Erde 151 (2020)2-3. - ISSN 0013-9998 - p. 104 - 115. -
Seasonal variation in the population parameters of kinosternon scorpiodesand trachemys adiutrix, and their association with rainfall in seasonally flooded lakes
Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15 (2020)2. - ISSN 2151-0733 - p. 457 - 466. -
Evolving disaster governance paradigms in Nepal
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 50 (2020). - ISSN 2212-4209 -
30 years of large river restoration: How long do restored floodplain channels remain suitable for targeted rheophilic fishes in the lower river Rhine?
Science of the Total Environment (2020). - ISSN 0048-9697 -
Urbanization-driven changes in land-climate dynamics : A case study of Haihe River Basin, China
Remote Sensing 12 (2020)17. - ISSN 2072-4292 -
Self-constraining of low-energy rivers explains low channel mobility and tortuous planforms
The Depositional Record 6 (2020)3. - ISSN 2055-4877 - p. 648 - 669. -
Hydrofysische gegevens van de bodem in de Basisregistratie Ondergrond (BRO) en het Bodemkundig Informatie Systeem (BIS) : Update 2019
Wageningen : Wettelijke Onderzoekstaken Natuur & Milieu (WOt-technical report 186) - p. -
Wetland nurseries: floodplains are essential for growth and survival of juvenile river fish
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