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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  24 April 2018 Estimating river delta change with Google Earth - The use of water for irrigation and hydropower results in a reduction of river discharge peaks. This leads to silting in of estuaries downstream, but...
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  22 March 2018 Nature restores itself in the Marker Wadden - An exciting new place to experience nature is being created in the Markermeer lake in the central Netherlands. It is a part of an important nature...
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  20 March 2018 Nature-based solutions for water management - Across the globe, we are increasingly using nature as a model. From architecture to medicine and from energy to infrastructure, nature serves as an...
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  25 January 2018 Increase in extremes calls for intensive river monitoring - Climate change and changes in land use mean that the past can tell us very little about future extreme discharges of rivers. A clever combined...
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  07 March 2017 Prediction of floods and droughts is an effective measure for adapting to climate change - Operational water management based on accurate and reliable hydrological predictions can be an effective means of limiting the economic and social...

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...
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  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...
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  NeWater: Safe living, working and recreating in the drainage basins of large rivers Deltas and underlying drainage basins are very susceptible to climate change. With the rise in water levels, the many people who live in these basins...
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  Climate atlas for national use Are we able to build here without a risk of flooding?
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  Adaptation Support Tool – supporting stakeholders in climateproofing cities 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

• Measurement and interpolation uncertainties in rainfall maps from cellular communication networks
  Rios Gaona, M.F. , Overeem, A. , Leijnse, H. , Uijlenhoet, R. (2015) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 19 (2015)8. - ISSN 1027-5606 - p. 3571 - 3584.
• Hydrometeorological multi-model ensemble simulations of the 4 November 2011 flash flood event in Genoa, Italy, in the framework of the DRIHM Project
  Hally, A. , Caumont, O. , Garrote, L. , Richard, E. , Weerts, A.H. , Delogu, F. , Fiori, E. , Rebora, N. , Parodi, A. , Mihalovic, A. , Ivkovic, M. , Dekic, L. , Verseveld, W.J. , Nuissier, O. , Ducrocq, V.P. , Agostino, D. d' , Galizia, A. , Danovaro, E. , Clematis, A. (2015) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15 (2015). - ISSN 1561-8633 - p. 537 - 555.
• Precipitation, soil mosture and runoff variabilty in a small river catchment (Ardèche, France) during HyMeX Special Observation Period 1
  Huza, J. , Teuling, A.J. , Braud, I. , Grazioli, J. , Melsen, L.A. , Nord, G. , Raupach, T.H. , Uijlenhoet, R. (2014) Journal of Hydrology 516 (2014). - ISSN 0022-1694 - p. 330 - 342.
• Understanding lowland (flash) floods: analysis of the 2010 flash flood in the Hupsel Brook catchment and comparison with other recent lowland floods
  Brauer, C.C. , Teuling, A.J. , Uijlenhoet, R. (2013) In: proceedings 11th International Precipitation Conference 2013, Ede, The Netherlands, 30 June-3 July 2013. - - p. 81 - 81.
• Bestrijding Grote Waternavel, Waterteunisbloem en Parelvederkruid : resultaten van een kasproef naar de effectiviteit van branden en frequente manuele bestrijding op de groei van H. ranunculoides, L. grandiflora en M. aquaticum bij verschillende nutriëntenniveaus van de bodem
  Michielsen, J.G.P. , Riemens, M.M. (2012) Wageningen : Plant Research International, Business Unit Agrosysteemkunde - p.
• Analyzing and modelling a lowland flash flood
  Brauer, C.C. , Teuling, A.J. , Overeem, A. , Velde, Y. van der , Hazenberg, P. , Warmerdam, P.M.M. , Kloosterman, P. , Uijlenhoet, R. (2012)
• Analyzing and modelling a lowland flash flood
  Brauer, C.C. , Teuling, A.J. , Overeem, A. , Velde, Y. van der , Hazenberg, P. , Warmerdam, P.M.M. , Kloosterman, P. , Uijlenhoet, R. (2012)
• Simulating a lowland flash flood in a long-term experimental watershed with 7 standard hydrological models
  Torfs, P.J.J.F. , Brauer, C.C. , Teuling, A.J. , Kloosterman, P. , Willems, G. , Verkooijen, B. , Uijlenhoet, R. (2012)
• (Flash) Floods on 27 Augustus 2010 in lowland catchments in The Netherlands and Germany
  Brauer, C.C. , Teuling, A.J. , Overeem, A. , Velde, Y. van der , Hazenberg, P. , Warmerdam, P.M.M. , Uijlenhoet, R. , Hobbelt, L.G. (2011)
• Scaling of raindrop size distributions and classification of radar reflectivity-rain rate relations in intense Mediterranean precipitation
  Hazenberg, P. , yu, Nan , Boudevillain, Brice , Delrieu, Guy , Uijlenhoet, R. (2011) Journal of Hydrology 402 (2011)3-4. - ISSN 0022-1694 - p. 179 - 192.

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