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Marcel Bottema
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Mar 29
Discovery of ancient levee in the Netherlands
Near the town of Vlaardingen, remnants have been found of an ancient construction that probably served as a low levee. The construction was about 1 metre in height, at least 20 metres long, and consisted of a dual construction consisting of wooden piles and braided willow branches, that was subsequently filled with earth. The levee …
Aug 19
Free ICFM webinar on flood events China, JP, USA (26 Aug)
Under the title “The Flood Challenge to Resilience” ICFM will share the experience with (i) major flooding in China that affected/s millions of people and hundreds of river basins; (ii) flooding in Japan caused by truly extraordinary amounts of rain falling over the island of Kyushu; and (iii) flooding in Michigan (US) that interacted with …
Nov 26
Request: information on drought effects (e.g., cracks) in levees
Dear all, During last month’s EURCOLD Symposium I presented a paper on drought effects on levees; see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336641742_Mitigating_drought_risk_for_levees_Mitigating_drought_risk_for_levees . For the Sept2020 Floodrisk Symposium, I wish to extend this work and include some more experiences regarding drought effects on levees. However, it turned out to be quite hard to find publications and data (such as …
Jul 12
Artifical rain showers on levees to prevent flooding
While some countries like Japan and some Balkan countries have suffered from severe floods during the spring and early summer of 2018, The Netherlands and England are suffering from severe drought. In both England and The Netherlands, June 2018 ranks along the 6 warmest and driest June months of the last century and has been record …
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