Land subsidence research project in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Land subsidence is one of the world’s underrated problems

The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is a fertile and economically important area in Southeast Asia that is also known as Vietnam’s ‘rice bowl’. The area is subsiding at a rate of 1-4 centimetres a year,…

Fort Steurgat – implementation of vegetated foreshores

Nature-based engineering

Global change is altering the frequency and intensity of storms and related flood risks. This calls for an update of the flood protection systems in many countries. Dikes and levees have traditionally been designed as…

Global Groundwater Risk Indicators

Water supply in urbanising deltas

Global scale indicators of groundwater risks In this project, Deltares and Utrecht University will provide global scale indicators of groundwater related risks and sustainable groundwater use, under current and past climate and socio-economic conditions. These…

Seepage system protects freshwater lens in Perk Polder

Nexus water-energy-food

In the Perk Polder in Zeeland (NL), a new tidal and nature area is being built outside the dike on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat: 75 hectares of salt marshes and mud flats are being added to…

Flooding projections for oil palm plantations in the Rajang Delta peatlands, Sarawak, Malaysia

Land subsidence is one of the world’s underrated problems

Deltares experts are investigating how deforestation and drainage of tropical peatlands in Sarawak, Malaysia will cause subsidence in the future. Subsidence leads to increased water management problems and flooding. Since peat is not ‘land’ in the…

System Integration and Technical Assistance for Strengthening of Weather Forecasting and Early Warning Systems in Vietnam

Asia

Deltares leads study to improve weather forecasting and early warning in Vietnam In a Joint Venture with HaskoningDHV and the Centre for Environmental Fluid Dynamics (Vietnam National University), Deltares provides consulting services for improving weather…

Scanners help to prevent water damage to roads

Initial experiments conducted by Deltares, Miramap and Grontmij have shown that it is possible to measure water in and under asphalt roads and to predict where it will have an impact, both quickly and without…

Brisbane river catchment flood study

Urban resilience

In 2011, major floods in the Brisbane River catchment led to 3.5 to 4.5 billion Australian dollars in damages and 35 fatalities. The government of Queensland, Australia, recognized the need for an improved flood management…

Climate change risk assessments and adaptation for roads, the ROADAPT project

Urban resilience analysis

Infrastructures are the backbone of our society. Citizens, companies and governments have come to rely on and expect uninterrupted availability of the road network. Extreme weather is an important factor for the reliability of the…

Cumulative Impacts and Joint Operation of Small-scale Hydropower Cascades Supported by REDP

River basin management

Small Hydropower (SHP) in Vietnam is defined as having less than 30 MW of installed power and is considered to have an important current and future contribution to renewable energy generation. Already more than 370…