An Integrated Approach to Define Estuarine System Resilience, Applied to the Upper Sea Scheldt, Flanders, Belgium
Abstract The Upper Sea Scheldt (Flanders, Belgium) is a part of the Scheldt estuary which extends from the North-Sea in the Netherlands to the shipping locks in Ghent with a total length of 160 km. Challenges on flood protection and nature development in this unique fresh water estuarine system are addressed in the Sigma-plan. Cumulative effects of i) the autonomous morphological development of the estuary, ii) the further evolution as a consequence of past realignments and dredging works, and iii) sea level rise, result in an increase of tidal dynamics and turbidity which affect both habitat... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | book-chapter |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Springer Nature Singapore
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Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28955993 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6138-0_93 |