Adopting a resilience lens in flood risk management  

22 November 2022

“Our paper helps to focus flood risk management on the people that suffer most and on aspects that matter most to the people affected,” said Karin de Bruijn, flood resilience expert at Deltares and lead author…

PhD thesis: Towards global-scale compound flood risk modeling

21 November 2022

At the global scale flood risk models still analyze each flood driver in isolation. At the local scale, state-of-the-art hydrodynamic models have been developed for compound flooding, but these are not globally applicable. The overall…

TO2: solutions for tomorrow as well as today

8 November 2022

This includes the creation of innovative technologies that respond to these challenges and which are important for our future jobs and incomes. These TO2 institutes are the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), Deltares, the Netherlands…

Champions Group for Deltas & Coastal Areas launched at COP27

14 November 2022

Deltas and coastal zones are often highly populated areas that play a significant role in our economy, food systems and biodiversity. At the same time, they are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change….

Difficult to prevent floods in Valkenburg; a cross-border management and monitoring plan is needed

8 November 2022

Heavy rainfall This research focused on the July 2021 floods in the province of Zuid-Limburg. Due to excessive and continuous rainfall, water in the Geul river rose rapidly to record-setting heights. The river had burst…

Strategic research activity plan 2023 published

1 November 2022

The Strategic Research is essential for maintaining and developing the knowledge of Deltares and the Netherlands in the field of water and subsoil. Deltares’s taking the relevant global, European and Dutch social challenges, ambitions and…

Clear information allows for more flood risk preparedness

27 October 2022

Key points from this study, led by VU Amsterdam and Deltares in collaboration with TU Delft, HKV Line and Water and Kantar Public Some of the residents were surprised that floods could occur to this…

ROST takes silver at European Sea Sailing Championship with help from Deltares

12 October 2022

Team ROST and knowledge institute Deltares joined forces in the run-up to the sailing competition. Based on the flow predictions made by Deltares in the race area, the sailing team was able to make tactical…

We need to prepare now for the sea level rise of the future

13 October 2022

Getting ahead of the problem Large-scale measures to adapt to sea-level rise will only be needed from 2050 onwards, but it is critical to account for these future measures in the decisions we are making…

Flora and fauna flourish on Marker Wadden

11 October 2022

Minister Harbers: ‘I am impressed by the fast and successful development of the Marker Wadden. In just a few years, 47 types of breeding bird and 170 plant species have found their way here, making…