The Delta Project Dutch Macro-Engineering to Control the Eastern Scheldt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11935149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Horst Engel (corresponding author), W van Aalst |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-42 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/isr.1989.14.1.29 |
| OpenAlex | W2069046677 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Delta Project was an endeavour to dam the estuaries of the Rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt in the Southwestern part of the Netherlands that started after the disastrous storm flood of 1953 and was finished in 1986. Here the authors discuss the policy analysis that led to the political choice in 1976 to keep the Eastern Scheldt open, contrary to the aims of the original project. They also discuss the problems posed by the management, design and construction of a storm surge barrier of gigantic size to control the estuary, while preserving most of its original ecology
Archaeology · Civil engineering · Delta · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Estuary · Flood control · Flood myth · Geography · Macro · Meteorology · Storm · Storm surge · Water resource management · Computer Science · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Engineering · Environmental Conservation and Management · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Geology · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |