Damming deltas: A practice of the past? Towards nature-based flood defenses

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Van Wesenbeeck, Bregje K ^a   Mulder, Jan P M ^a,b   Marchand, Marcel ^a   Reed, Denise J ^c   De Vries, Mindert B ^a   De Vriend, Huib J ^d   Herman, Peter M J ^e  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive pathways; Coastal management; Dams; Deltaworks; Estuaries; Nature based coastal defense

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEACH NOURISHMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DELTA; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84896536720     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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