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WP7.1 – Integral design and evaluation of estuary-scale, nature-based SALTISolutions

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Gijs Hendrickx

Delft University of Technology

Integral design and evaluation of estuary-scale, nature-based SALTISolutions

This subproject develops nature-based SALTISolutions, assesses their salt intrusion mitigation effectivity, along with benefits for other estuarine functions and values (input to project 8). Salt intrusion will be influenced by changing salt and fresh water mixing patterns, either by introducing phase lags in the horizontal flow regime (construction of ebb-flood channel loops, longitudinal dams or tidal lagoons) or by enhancing vertical circulations (through increased bed shear stress or landscaping of the estuary bed). Specific research questions are:

  • Given the driving mechanisms that drive estuary-scale mixing processes (project 2-3), what is the potential to modify these through human-induced interventions?
  • How to design nature-based SALTISolutions for existing heavily modified estuaries with a salt wedge intrusion problem and how to assess whether solutions meet pre-determined design criteria?
  • How to quantify impacts and benefits of nature-based SALTISolutions in the context of broad sustainability frameworks that go beyond the functional efficiency of isolated engineering measures.

Last modified: 17/06/2022

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Gijs Hendrickx

Delft University of Technology

Project outputs

An Earthen Sill as a Measure to Mitigate Salt Intrusion in Estuaries

28/05/2024 by Gijs Hendrickx et al.

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Bevat: 3d modelling estuary nature based solutions salt intrusion Salt wedge

Sensitivity of salt intrusion to estuary-scale changes: A systematic modelling study towards nature-based mitigation measures

21/11/2023 by Gijs Hendrickx et al.

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Bevat: 3d modelling estuary nature based solutions salt intrusion sensitivity analysis

Predicting the response of complex systems for coastal management

01/06/2023 by Gijs Hendrickx et al.

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Bevat: adaptive sampling building with nature estuary hybrid modelling machine learning risk management

Blogs

ANNESI: Artificial Neural Network for Estuarine Salt Intrusion

16/11/2022 by Gijs Hendrickx

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Introduction: Gijs Hendrickx

15/02/2022 by Gijs Hendrickx

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News

SALTISolutions article in Coastal & Estuarine Science News (CESN)

03/10/2024 by Gijs Hendrickx

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