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.
News on Building with Nature
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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... -
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...
News 2014-2017
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Martin Baptist in final of Prins Friso Engineers Award
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Minister Schultz visits mangrove forest restoration project in Indonesia
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Indonesia and the Netherlands launch large coastal safety initiative in Java
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Oysters and mangroves protect Bangladesh against flooding
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‘Ecosystem engineers’ a factor in flood protection
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‘Doing nothing’ to maintain the dunes on East Ameland does not affect coastal safety
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
Research on Building with Nature
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BwN Waddenzeehavens Marconi Marconi stands for Maritime Concepts In view. Under this project name several parties work since a couple of years to enforce the relation between... -
Building with Nature Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering This project, partly funded by HWBP, HHNK and EcoShape, will evaluate how the sandy solution of Hondsbossche and Pettemer Zeewering (HPZ) functions.... -
Redesign of Adaptive Building with Nature- seafood production Networks for Food and Nutrition Security in stressed regions Building with nature (BwN) is a principle that is applied to strengthen and protect areas which are under pressure by sea-level rise, salinity... -
NWO-UDW Ghana Port Development The NWO-programme Urbanising Deltas of the World (UDW) aims to increase knowledge about river deltas worldwide and to contribute to water safety, food... -
BwN Waddenzeehavens Koehoal Within 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...
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"
Publications
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Governing marine ecosystem restoration : the role of discourses and uncertainties
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Building with Nature Guideline website
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Building with Nature pilot Friese IJsselmeerkust : Eindrapportage Building with Nature pilot Zandmotor Friese IJsselmeerkust
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The living lab for mud: integrated sediment management based on Building with Nature concepts
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Building with Nature - an integrated approach for coastal zone solutions using natural, socio-economic and institutional processes
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Ontwikkeling epifauna, infauna en kreeften (T0, T1, T2) op een ecologisch aantrekkelijke vooroeverbestorting (Schelphoek, Oosterschelde) : monitoring Building for Nature proefvak Schelphoek
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Weaving dams to defend mangroves: building with nature on Java
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The role of vegetation in Building with Nature pilot sandy foreshore Houtribdijk
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Muddy waters and the Wadden Sea harbours
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Building with Nature pilot Zandmotor Friese IJsselmeerkust : hoe effectief is de zandmotor als ecodynamische strategie voor het versterken van de Friese IJsselmeerkust