Published July 3, 2017
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Sinking deltas: trapped in a dual lock-in of technology and institutions

  • 1. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
  • 2. Subsurface and Groundwater Systems, Deltares Research Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 3. Delft University of Technology
  • 4. Utrecht University

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In delta areas, flood protection structures and large-scale land reclamation are preferential water management strategies to cultivate soft delta soils. Over the past decades, river embankments, up...
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