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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
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.
Framing collaborative governance: Looking back and forward this PhD journey
12/03/2018 by Jan Fliervoet
First RiverCare PhD thesis. An interdisciplinary journey to understand the framing on the maintenance of Dutch floodplains.
The rivers of the future initiative is taken up
30/01/2018 by dr. Ralph Schielen
RiverCare is now well on its course and is delivering great results. Rijkswaterstaat is involved in all user committees and tries to incorporate the...
Events
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.