
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 2012-2020
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Multi-annual research on climate adaptive planning for elevated sandy soils
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Arable farming prepares for extreme drought and flooding
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Near-daily discharge estimation in high latitudes from Sentinel-1 and 2: A case study for the Icelandic Þjórsá river
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Millions of farmers depend on meltwater from Himalaya glaciers
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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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Publications about flooding
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Evaluation of the Velocity Parameter Estimation Methods in a Geomorphological Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph (GIUH) Model for Simulating Flood Hydrograph in Ungauged Catchments
Water Resources Management 37 (2023)1. - ISSN 0920-4741 - p. 157 - 173. -
Assessing the Impact of the Urban Landscape on Extreme Rainfall Characteristics Triggering Flood Hazards
Hydrology 10 (2023)1. - ISSN 2306-5338 -
Vegetation and peat accumulation steer Holocene tidal–fluvial basin filling and overbank sedimentation along the Old Rhine River, The Netherlands
Sedimentology 70 (2023)1. - ISSN 0037-0746 - p. 179 - 213. -
Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates
Global Ecology and Biogeography 32 (2023)1. - ISSN 1466-822X - p. 49 - 69. -
Tidal amplification and river capture in response to land reclamation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta
Catena 220 (2023). - ISSN 0341-8162 -
How do Digital Elevation Models affect the Assessment of Present and Future Flooding Risk? – The Case of the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
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Combat relative sea-level rise at global scale– Presenting the International Panel on Land Subsidence (IPLS)
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Integrating Biophysical and Economic Assessment: Review of Nature-Based Adaptation to Urban Flood Extremes
Urban Science 6 (2022)3. - ISSN 2413-8851 - p. 53 - 53. -
Impact of Dense Networks of Reservoirs on Streamflows at Dryland Catchments
Sustainability 14 (2022)21. - ISSN 2071-1050 -
Evaluation of extreme precipitation over Southeast Asia in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 regional climate model results and HighResMIP global climate models
International Journal of Climatology (2022). - ISSN 0899-8418