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Pl. 234. Morelle tubéreuse (Pomme de terre).
Solanum tuberosum L.
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FRONT
COVER
A series of floods
battered Brisbane,
Australia, in January
2011. The result:
35 dead and damage
amounting to between
3.5 and 4.5 billion
Australian dollars.
Although it is very
tempting to take action
immediately, the
state of Queensland
decided to draw up
a sound plan first.
How probable is
extreme weather of
this kind? How high
will the water be, and
where? Where we can
build, and where not?
Science is helping to
identify priorities in a
city under threat.
More on page 9.
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‘AGRICULTURE AND
WATER: A CHALLENGING
COMBINATION’
Food security and flood risk management:
today's priorities. Louise Fresco explains
what two worlds can learn from one another.
'Even the Netherlands has no central delta
authority yet.'
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FLOOD DOSSIER
It is precisely where the flood risk is high and
large numbers of people live and work that
the best solutions emerge. A new approach
with great promise.
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THIS POTATO CAN COPE
WITH SALT
Our groundwater is getting saltier all the time.
Dry summers and sea-level rise are accelerating
the process and that is having an impact on
our approaches to food production and water
management. One solution is to develop
vegetables that are more resistant to salt.
And also:
3. Deltares in brief
16. Infographic: extreme flood events
18. Serious game with fertilisers
19. Ioane Teitiota's atoll will become uninhabitable within
decades.
22. Testing ground: invisible threat below the dike
23. Knowledge at work: space-saving transportation of
waste water
26. Resilient cities
28. Deltares soƒware
29. Deltares organisation
PHOTO: HOLLANDSE HOOGTE
CREDITS
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institute for applied research in the field of water,
subsurface and infrastructure. Throughout the
world, we work on smart solutions, innovations
and applications for people, environment and
society. Our main focus is on deltas, coastal
regions and river basins.
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