Regional sediment deficits in the Dutch lowlands: Implications for long-term land-use options

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-16

  van der Meulen, Michiel J ^a   van der Spek, Ad J F ^a,b   de Lange, Ger ^a   Gruijters, Stephan H L L ^a   van Gessel, Serge F ^a   Nguyen, Buu Long ^a,c   Maljers, Denise ^a   Schokker, Jeroen ^a   Mulder, Jan P M ^d,e   van der Krogt, Rob A A ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Boskalis Westminster ^*  (Netherlands)

^d National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate proofing; Global Change; Land subsidence; Land use; Lowlands; Sea level rise; Sediment budgets; Sediment deficits; Sediment management; Spatial planning; The Netherlands; Water management

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMPACTION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847408842     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2006.12.199     Document Type: Article

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