Simulated impact of sea level rise on phreatic level and vegetation of dune slacks in the Voorne dune area (The Netherlands)

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Noest
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Dune Slacks ◽  
Dune Area

scholarly journals Neo-Atlantis: The Netherlands under a 5-m sea level rise

2008 ◽  
Vol 91 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 103-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xander Olsthoorn ◽  
Peter van der Werff ◽  
Laurens M. Bouwer ◽  
Dave Huitema
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level

scholarly journals Living with Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change: A Case Study of the Netherlands

2008 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 367-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. VanKoningsveld ◽  
J. P. M. Mulder ◽  
M. J. F. Stive ◽  
L. VanDerValk ◽  
A. W. VanDerWeck
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level

Monitoring of groundwater, morphological and ecological development of the Perkpolder managed realignment following tidal restoration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wietse van de Lageweg ◽  
Joao Salvador de Paiva ◽  
Jebbe van der Werf ◽  
Lodewijk de Vet ◽  
Perry de Louw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Sediment Dynamics ◽  
Scheldt Estuary ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Managed Realignment ◽  
Tidal Area

<p>Innovative, sustainable and cost-effective coastal protection solutions are required to adapt to environmental change and enhance ecosystem functioning. Managed realignment is an example of an ecosystem engineering coastal management approach motivated by concerns about biological conservation and sea-level rise. It involves relocating the line of defense landward, thereby mimicking what would normally happen with marine environments during a period of sea-level rise. The retreat allows new salt marshes to develop offering a range of ecosystem services. Despite the ongoing execution of managed realignment projects in, amongst others, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, it remains unclear whether management realignment is able to deliver on the expected socio-economic and environmental benefits.</p><p>Here we report on the short-term (0-4 years) development of physical and ecological processes of the Perkpolder managed realignment area in the Scheldt estuary, the Netherlands, following tidal restoration in 2015. The overarching goal of the Perkpolder project was to realize 75 hectares of low-dynamic tidal nature contributing to Natura2000 conservation goals for the Western Scheldt estuary as well as serving as a compensation measure for the extension of the navigation channel for the Antwerp harbor.</p><p>The Perkpolder managed realignment is considered a unique opportunity to monitor and study the biotic and abiotic changes in an area transforming from a freshwater agricultural area to a tidal saline natural area. An interdisciplinary monitoring framework was set up to record the abiotic and biotic developments of the Perkpolder realignment area, particularly focusing on morphological changes, colonization of the new tidal area by benthic macrofauna and vegetation, and its function as foraging area for water birds. Also the groundwater system is studied and its effect on the surrounding agricultural land.</p><p>A mitigation measure, called ‘SeepCat’, was installed on the border of the new tidal area and the agricultural land to protect the freshwater lens used by farmers for irrigation. The lens was expected to shrink by this local sea level rise. From the groundwater measurements, it was concluded that the SeepCat system was functioning well enough to compensate for the effects of the new tidal area.</p><p>Using a Delft3D numerical model simulation, it was shown that the design of the morphological template has a large impact on the rates of morphological change. Additionally, the sediment import, estimated from SPM concentration and discharge measurements, varied strongly in time, and sediment was also being exported for a number of tides. Controlled laboratory experiments show that seedlings of pioneer marsh plant species survive best in a well-drained soil without sediment dynamics. Yet, seedlings can tolerate some moderate sediment dynamics. From a benthic community perspective, the development of the managed realignment Perkpolder is encouraging. A biologically active intertidal area has formed within a short time frame. Within 3 years, the benthic macroinfaunal community shows a development towards a community found on natural tidal mudflats and is expected to reach a stable community in years rather than decades. The area is also frequently visited by birds, which forage during low tide and rest on the surrounding dikes during high tide.</p>

Using adaptation tipping points to prepare for climate change and sea level rise: a case study in the Netherlands

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap C. J. Kwadijk ◽  
Marjolijn Haasnoot ◽  
Jan P. M. Mulder ◽  
Marco M. C. Hoogvliet ◽  
Ad B. M. Jeuken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Tipping Points ◽  
And Sea Level

scholarly journals Floods Fail in War, Win as Weapon Against Sea Level Rise

Eos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Reed
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Long Run ◽  
And Sea Level

A historical look at flooding used as a war strategy in the Netherlands found that the tactic often failed but, in the long run, has helped to protect the land against future floods and sea level rise.

scholarly journals Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low-lying delta—the Netherlands as an example

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 617-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline A. Katsman ◽  
A. Sterl ◽  
J. J. Beersma ◽  
H. W. van den Brink ◽  
J. A. Church ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Flood Protection ◽  
Protection Strategies

scholarly journals Relative water-level rise in the Flevo lagoon (The Netherlands), 5300-2000 cal. yr BC: an evaluation of new and existing basal peat time-depth data

2003 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Makaske ◽  
D.G. Van Smeerdijk ◽  
H. Peeters ◽  
J.R. Mulder ◽  
T. Spek
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Water Levels ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
Water Level Rise ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Local Water

AbstractThe rise of Holocene (ground)water level as a function of relative sea-level rise has been extensively investigated in the western Netherlands, whereas few studies focused on the Flevo lagoon in the central Netherlands. In this study, all available 14C dates from the base of basal peat overlying the top of compaction-free Pleistocene sand in the former Flevo lagoon were evaluated in order to reconstruct water-level rise for the period 5300-2000 cal. yr BC. The present basal peat 14C data set from Flevoland consists of two subsets: (1) the largely new Almere data (41 dates) representing the southern part of the former Flevo lagoon, with 26 dates especially carried out for this study, and (2) the existing Schokland data (21 dates) representing the eastern part of the lagoon. The Schokland area is located about 50 km from the Almere area. The quality of all basal peat time-depth data was palaeo-ecologically and geologically evaluated, all 14C dates were calibrated to the same standards, and error margins of age and altitude determination were estimated. After plotting the data as error boxes in time-depth graphs, lower limit curves for water-level rise were constructed for both data sets. Comparison with the mean sea-level curve for The Netherlands (Van de Plassche, 1982) suggests that water-level rise in the Almere area between 5300 and 2000 cal. yr BC corresponded closely to the rise in mean sea level. The same holds for the Schokland area for the period 5000-4200 cal. yr BC. For the period 4200-2000 cal. yr BC, however, the Schokland data suggest water-level rise to have been slower than mean sea-level rise, leading to local water levels apparently below mean sea level, which is virtually impossible. Hypothetical explanations for this discrepancy include: errors and uncertainties in mean sea-level and local water-level reconstruction, basin subsidence and temporal differences in intra-coastal tidal damping. The presently available data are inconclusive at this point and Holocene water-level rise in the Flevo lagoon awaits further investigations.

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