Dossier
Building with Nature
Building with nature is a concept where nature is used to cope with climate change risks, such as floods, waves and sea level rise. It is also called 'eco-engineering'. In this dossier you can find news, background information and results from scientists of Wageningen University & Research.
An oyster reef to protect the coast, mangroves or willows in front of the dyke. Slowly but surely, a new insight is gaining ground: hard civil engineering interventions by themselves are not a panacea. Nature seems willing to help us keep the upper hand over the advancing waves and rising sea levels and provides us with new sources of food and income.
Research on Building with Nature
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BwN Waddenzeehavens MarconiMarconi stands for Maritime Concepts In view. Under this project name several parties work since a couple of years to enforce the relation between... -
BwN Waddenzeehavens KoehoalWithin the Building with Nature program, there is a case of Wadden Sea Ports. Central to this are the various issues caused by natural processes of... -
Redesign of Adaptive Building with Nature- seafood production Networks for Food and Nutrition Security in stressed regionsBuilding with nature (BwN) is a principle that is applied to strengthen and protect areas which are under pressure by sea-level rise, salinity... -
Building with Nature Hondsbossche en Pettemer ZeeweringThis project, partly funded by HWBP, HHNK and EcoShape, will evaluate how the sandy solution of Hondsbossche and Pettemer Zeewering (HPZ) functions.... -
NWO-UDW Ghana Port DevelopmentThe NWO-programme Urbanising Deltas of the World (UDW) aims to increase knowledge about river deltas worldwide and to contribute to water safety, food...
News on Building with Nature
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Nature as the inspiration for climate solutions- Technological solutions alone will not provide long-term answers to climate change and environmental problems. If we want to be climate-proof in the... -
How oysters build strong coastlines- River deltas around the world are being sorely tested by the rising sea levels caused by climate change. That means that over the next 10 years, we... -
Oyster reefs used to counter large waves- Bangladesh is struggling with the consequences of climate change, but increasing attention is being paid to a natural ally that can help in the fight...
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Downloads & Links
- "Weaving dams to defend mangroves", Wageningen World no. 1 2017
- Article online: Nature lends a hand from Wageningen World no. 2 2013
- Flyer: Building with Nature
- Website: EcoShape – Building with Nature
- "Building with Nature gebruikt de natuur bij waterbouw"
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