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Learn from the subsurface to let rivers sway again
Insights from the historical evolution of the Overijsselse Vecht shows that river restoration and water management in the hinterland can not be seen separately from each other.
31/08/2018 by Jasper Candel
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Blogs
Researchers and contributing partners share their experiences on working together towards more sustainable practices.
Newsletters
Newsletters. brochures and facebook pages are prepared by the researchers to regularly update interested stakeholders.
Past Events
We joined several events to discuss our work with communities of both research and practice.
Upcoming NCR events
We join the events that the Netherlands Centre for River studies (NCR) promotes to discuss with communities of both research and practice.
Blogs
In memoriam of those who once contributed to RiverCare
11/06/2018 by dr. ir. Denie Augustijn
In a four years period (2014-2019), there have been certainly many people who contributed to our work. However in 2018, two people passed away...
Side channel dynamics from the perspective of four-years research
17/06/2019 by Pepijn van Denderen
Side channels are common river interventions, but how do they develop and how fast do they fill with sediment?
How to use biomass from riverine areas? Two projects, two approaches, one PhD journey
17/06/2019 by Swinda Pfau
A transdisciplinary approach to sustainable biomass use: combining green house gas emission calculations and interviews with river managers.
Follow the pretty pebbles
01/06/2017 by Victor Chavarrias
Victor's research aims at predicting how the river will behave if water management authorities consider to add sand to the river.
Events
20/06/2018
PlanSmart + RiverCare = Smart River Symposium
In order to exchange experiences between the two projects, researchers of the German PlanSmart project and the Dutch RiverCare project, as well as invited guests met on the 19th and 20th of June 2018 in Hannover.
14/06/2019
Sharing knowledge with HKV, one of the project partners.
For RiverCare, it is very important to have face to face meetings to exchange the knowledge, and make sure to discuss with interested parties the results of the researchers.
16/07/2019
Rivercare Knowledge afternoon
‘From science to the practice of the hydro-morphological functioning of streams’
25/05/2019
Knowledge sharing meeting in Witteveen+Bos, Rotterdam
How can we apply the researchers’ findings to improve our designs and environmental impact assessments? How can we share lessons learned from RiverCare within our team of engineers and consultants?
09/02/2018
RiverCare researchers at the "Future River" conference of the NCR days 2018
What does the future river look like? How will we study, manage and interact with distant fluvial landscapes?
15/09/2017
Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics 2017 in Padova (Italy)
Seven intrepid researchers took part on one of the most important conferences on the field.
News
Learn from the subsurface to let rivers sway again
31/08/2018 by Jasper Candel
Insights from the historical evolution of the Overijsselse Vecht shows that river restoration and water management in the hinterland can not be seen separately...
The stream evolution is also interesting for managers and people living close to the stream
08/03/2017 by Jasper Candel
Fieldwork insights and novel theories that were found by drilling into the past are told for everyone who wants to know more about it.
Collaborative monitoring or longitudinal training dam effects in the Waal River
15/07/2018 by prof. dr. Suzanne Hulscher
RiverCare is part of 'WaalSamen', a collaborative group to measure and compare the effects of the longitudinal dams as an alternative to river groynes.
ITV Border Special Report: Living with the River
18/02/2016 by dr. ir. Ton Hoitink
British TV visited the longitudinal dams pilot in The Netherlands, to find out about how the Dutch better protect their communities from flood in...
Newsletters
Brochures about the longitudinal training dams
19/03/2018 by Laura Verbrugge
Communication of project results is important to enable the exchange of knowledge between the different stakeholders affected by the river intervention in the case...
RiverCare Newsletter editions
25/06/2018 by Juliette Cortes Arevalo
Citizen Science newsletter editions of a participatory monitoring project
01/12/2017 by Laura Verbrugge
Monthly newsletters during the fishing season and a Facebook page update participants of the ongoing activities and results.