BARBABRABANT Collaboration As Foundation for a Robust Hydrological Future
BARBABRABANT Collaboration as foundation for a robust hydrological future. Marieke van den Broek (960130128100), Tim den Duijf (951207205130), Henk Jan Lekkerkerk (970501510030), Esther van der Meer (951108551120), Josselin Snoek (940310782060), Rianne Wassink (990422930120) Commissioner: Rob Brinkhof, municipality Den Bosch LUP-60309 (Atelier) INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENT Figure 1: a selection from the stream of articles about drought (Volkskrant, 2020) Figure 2: a selection from the stream of articles about drought (Volkskrant, 2020) Water management plan reality. This upscaling was a general plan, less focussed Currently water boards are responsible for maintaining droughts in the summer. The Netherlands is a country of water. Due to its position on local differences, both in land use and hydrological ground water levels for agricultural systems in place and The city of Den Bosch, in the south of the Netherlands, is in the delta of several international rivers, the Netherlands systems. Nevertheless, it was not without success, since the the (artificial) hydrological system follows the land use a place where the urgency is already tangible. The city is has always known the need to relate to water. We use it to Netherlands is now one of the largest agricultural exporters (Geelen, 2020), but this is not enough to solve structural built on a sand ridge in the middle of the delta of the rivers travel, trade and protect ourselves. This position in the delta in the world (M. Kuijpers, personal communication, June droughts. Dommel and Aa, which run off in the Maas on the north also urges the need to defend ourselves against the water.
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