| Conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change II Sept 24-26, 2014 Starting on Sept 24: As more knowledge is gained, climate adaptation strategies have been developed and measures taken. Yet a great deal remains to be done. How can risk analysis be improved? Which measures are most effective? How should they be best financed and implemented? Which stakeholders should be involved? These topics and many more will be discussed in a lively setting during the conference in 2014, Deltas in Times of Climate Change II. Delta Alliance is contributing to this conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, Wednesday 24 September 2014 |
| Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Adaptive Delta Management This report provides an overview of new approaches emerging in several deltas that can be labelled under the heading of Adaptive Delta Management (ADM). Adaptive management can be defined as a structured, iterative process of robust decision making in the face of uncertainty, with an aim to reduce uncertainty over time via system monitoring. ADM encourages an integrated and flexible approach to land and water management with the aim to reduce vulnerability and limit the risk of over- or underinvestment in future challenges such as flood risk management and freshwater supplies. The report shows that ADM is developing rapidly into a fascinating new type of decision making under an uncertain future. The reasons for using the new approach are convincing, the theoretical foundation is growing and the results on the ground are promising. ADM can be captured as a cyclic process of which the overall design does not differ much from traditional planning steps. However, the approach and methods within each step contain new elements, such as long term scenario building, adaptation pathway developments, signposts and triggers. Marcel Marchand (Deltares) and Fulco Ludwig (Wageningen UR-Alterra), Monday 30 June 2014 |
| Final report on the Delta Alliance Young Professionals Award activity This reports describes all the activities undertaken by Delta Alliance in a chronological order within the framework the Delta Alliance Young Professionals Award. It also reports on the successful follow-up activities of the Award Winning teams, which have substantially increased the chance to bring the Award winning solutions into practice. Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Monday 30 June 2014 |
| Netherlands Burma Water Management Cooperation to Address Challenges, Boost Trade Burma and the Netherlands resumed water management cooperation in 2013 after a hiatus of some 25 years. During a recent visit by the Dutch minister of infrastructure and transport, both sides expanded the cooperation and revealed plans for a joint US$20 million pilot project to improve use of the Irrawaddy River. Wim van Driel from the Delta Alliance was interviewed for this article. The IRRAWADDY, Tuesday 24 June 2014 |
| Regional Training Workshop on Delta Planning and Management. Challenges, Approaches and Experiences from Asian Deltas and the Rhine-Meuse Delta, 19-23 October 2014, Bangladesh The workshop aims at professionals in delta management from South and Southeast Asia and offers a balanced combination of interactive lectures, case studies, field visit, and group assignments and discussions. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 23 June 2014 |
| Final programme online! Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, 24-26 September 2014 It is an exciting programme with three days of plenaries and more than 100 parallel sessions. Sessions that are interesting for scientists, practitioners and politicians working on climate change adaptation. During the conference there will be plenty of time to meet with interesting people from around the world and extend your network. Deltas in Times of Climate Change II, Rotterdam, Wednesday 18 June 2014 |
| Ecological impacts of land reclamation on large river delta wetlands in China: field trips to the Netherlands A Chinese delegation had been visiting Dutch institutions and field working for one week in May 2014, as part of the project: 'Ecological impacts of land reclamation on large river delta wetlands in China: Mechanisms and ecological restoration" Delta Alliance Secretary, Tuesday 17 June 2014 |
| Shrinking and Sinking Deltas: Major role of Dams in delta subsidence and Effective Sea Level Rise Studies and reports from the ground are warning us that most of the deltas around the world are shrinking due to catastrophic sea level rise. And not all the blame can be put on climate change. According to several independent scientific studies, the major reason behind this effective sea level rise is delta subsidence. The major reason behind this is sediment trapping by the dams built on the upstream rivers, which are starving deltas of sediment and result in oceans eroding and literally devouring precious deltas. Download the report. SANDRP, South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People, Thursday 29 May 2014 |
| Floods in Bangladesh; Delta's are highlighted in interview by Nature With the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta sinking, the race is on to protect millions of people from future flooding. This article mentions also the Bangladesh Delta Plan, and is quoting a number of scientists related to the Delta Alliance. Nature, Wednesday 9 April 2014 |
| Reactive versus anticipative adaptive management of Deltas; The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Rhine-Meuse Delta compared In this paper Californian Adaptive Management (AM) and Dutch Adaptive Delta Management (ADM) are compared. The concepts are introduced in a policy context to deal with prevailing types of uncertainty in water management in the Californian Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the Dutch Rhine-Meuse Delta respectively. T.J. Vlieg and M. Zandvoort in Water Governance, Friday 17 January 2014 |
