Climate change, rising sea levels and vulnerable dunes are combining to put pressure on coastlines. We want to live safely behind the coastlines, so we must have good coastal and marine management. We achieve that goal by using the dynamics of nature to structure coastal areas. With sustainable coastal engineering, we deploy nature development to improve safety. We stop the advance of the sea by depositing extra sand in the foreshore and letting nature do its work.
Climate change results in more extreme weather conditions. Deltares maps out the impact of this on nature, water defences, coastal engineering projects, energy supplies and transport. Technology is not the only factor involved in work on coastal areas; issues like enviremental development and public support also play a role. We bring together the various angles in an integrated approach.
Software
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Coastal practitioners and coastal managers are regularly faced with difficult day-to-day decisions ranging from coastal erosion, pollution to tourism development and urban expansion.> Read more
Operational warning and management systems
Rivers, coastlines, polder systems, water defences and groundwater are monitored continuously.> Read more
Climate change
Climate change is a potential threat for people living in Delta areas all over the world. > Read more
Flood risk management / Disaster risk reduction
Throughout the world, floods threaten large numbers of people. Economic development and climate change are aggravating the situation. > Read more
Ecology
The ecology in delta areas is under increasing pressure. Deltares studies the ecological functioning of fresh water, groundwater, marine and coastal ecosystems in relation to human use.> Read more
Spatial planning
Economic activity, rising populations and the impact of climate change are generating increasing pressure on habitable space in deltas, river basins and coastal areas. > Read more
Levees, Dikes and Water defences
The Dutch have been building water defences for a thousand years now. No other country has such an enormous wealth of experience on this subject.> Read more
Hydraulic engineering
Constructions in water are exposed to many more forces than those on land. Technically speaking this is not a problem.> Read more
Offshore
Waves, currents and strong wind – construction works at sea present many challenges. The design, installation, operation and removal of these structures demand a tailored approach.> Read more
Intake and outfall systems
Surface water is commonly utilized in industrial plants, particularly as cooling water or to produce potable water. > Read more
Water and soil quality
Clean water and clean soil are universal values. However, achieving that goal is nowadays not as straightforward as it seems. > Read more
