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The effect of river interventions on river dunes.
Oostrum, Mathijs van (2022) The effect of river interventions on river dunes.
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| Abstract: | Rivers have several important functions in society, such as transport, recreation, and ecological functions. River dunes are located on the riverbed and have a wave-like shape. River dunes increase in size, in both length and height, for increasing discharge. For decreasing discharge, the size of river dunes decrease. Thus, the construction of river interventions, which change the way discharge is conveyed by the river, can change the dimensions of river dunes. After the (almost) floods in 1993 and 1995, the Room for the River program was initiated. The Room for the River program aimed to improve flood conveyance by giving rivers in the Netherlands more space. Room for the River measures change the way discharge is distributed over the river profile; the main channel, groin fields, flood plains and secondary channels. The aim of this research is to assess the effects of river interventions on the characteristics of river dunes. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 56 civil engineering |
| Programme: | Civil Engineering and Management MSc (60026) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/89635 |
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