Magazine VIEWS No. 6 is out

Edition no.6 of VIEWS shines the spotlight on a whole range of international activities. Read the latest on the Flood Control 2015 innovation programme. There is an urgent need for smart, practical methods of flood control, as became all too clear in Thailand last year.

Deltares experts were there to help the government battle the flood waters. But as well as emergency measures, floods also give rise to a need for long-term planning. In Vietnam Deltares is involved in the development of an integrated management strategy for the Mekong Delta.

The Netherlands’ approach to managing river deltas and coastal zones, as applied in its own Delta Programme, also applies elsewhere. Read how in New Zealand researchers at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) are developing new applications for Delft3D, Deltares’ hydraulic software that went open source last year. Deltares uses remote sensing data every day. The article ‘Remote Control’ considers various applications.

The applied nature of our research is highlighted in new improved ways of remediating, managing sewers and tracking blue-green algae. In the article about the Rabigh electricity generating plant in Saudi Arabia project leaders explain how they have optimised the cooling water system design.

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