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LAC: Disaster Risk Management and climate change: preparing for uncertainty

Latin America and the Caribbean are exposed to multiple hazards including river and coastal floods, droughts, earthquakes and landslides. Most of these will intensify due to climate change. The World Bank Natural Disaster Hotspots study…

LAC: Resilient infrastructure and urban water systems

In Latin America we work together with municipalities, water councils, water boards ministries of housing and environment to reduce the flood risks of cities. Due to climate change and urbanization the coastal, river and pluvial…

LAC: Managing rivers and waterways

In Latin America we work together with local authorities to develop integrated solutions for river training, river regulation and river management that respect and balance the different economic, ecological and societal demands. We seek optimum…

LAC: Operational water management and forecasting: ensuring robust and reliable information for decision-makers and stakeholders

A flood forecaster, reservoir operator or operational manager in the water sector, often needs to make responsible, time critical decisions, in which it is critical to be informed by recent observations and predictions of water…

LAC: Integrated Water Resources Management: towards a water secure future

In Latin America, just like in other parts of the world, the economy, health, ecosystems and food production all rely on this one precious resource: enough and good quality water, now and in the future….

Pre-feasibility study of ecosystem-based adaptation measures for Xiangtan

Resilient Cities

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) assigned Deltares and Ewaters a pre-feasibility study on suitable ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) measures for Xiangtan, People’s Republic of China, in the context of its Xiangtan Low-Carbon Transformation Sector Development Program….

City of Antananarivo: New concepts to combine Nature Based Solutions with evacuation during floods

Africa

Introduction Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar and its most populated city, faces several urban challenges. Water-related challenges, such as urban floods and water pollution, are especially relevant, since they are interconnected and have a high…

Robust quay walls for Amsterdam

The maintenance work is overdue on many quay walls in Amsterdam. One quay has even collapsed; some others are subsiding, with all the inevitable consequences for people and traffic. Deltares is helping the city of…

Policy support regarding PFAS in water, subsurface and sediments

Clean subsurface and water are vital for a healthy living environment

With our knowledge of the water and subsurface system, and the distribution of substances in that system, we have been advising governments recently about their policies on PFAS contamination. PFAS action framework The PFAS Action…

New pile installation method for offshore wind monopiles

Offshore (wind) energy

Monopiles are one of the most common foundation designs in offshore wind construction due to their ease of installation in shallow to medium depths of water. The dominant method used to drive monopiles into the seabed is the…