The Dutch Rhine branches in the Anthropocene – Importance of events and seizing of opportunities

E. Mosselman

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108289

The Dutch Rhine branches in the Anthropocene – Importance of events and seizing of opportunities

E. Mosselman^*

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Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering

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The Rhine branches in the Netherlands have been profoundly altered by human interventions in the past 2000 years. Three examples are elaborated to show that these alterations often result from specific events and the seizing of opportunities: the creation of a new Rhine bifurcation at Pannerden, the Room-for-the-River programme, and the mitigation of riverbed scour in the Rhine-Meuse estuary. This makes historical inquiry one of the keys to understanding geomorphological developments in the Anthropocene. For river restoration it holds the lesson that plans can be prepared in ordinary times and then be implemented at the right moment by seizing the opportunities offered by events.

Original language	English
Article number	108289
Number of pages	7
Journal	Geomorphology
Volume	410
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108289
Publication status	Published - 2022

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