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Project
Drowned but not deserted. Interactions between social and ecological resilience of estuarine landscapes after flooding. Test-case: the Waasland polders on the west-bank of the river Scheldt (15th-18th centuries)
Estuarine landscapes are very dynamic ecosystems which makes it very difficult to model social and ecological adaptations - resilience - after catastrophic inundations. In this research project the evolution of tidal channels after historical inundations and the human re-occupation of flooded areas in the late medieval and early modern Western Scheldt estuary are used to enhance our knowledge of the long-term interactions between ecological and social resilience.
Date:1 Jul 2009 → 31 Dec 2013
Keywords:SCHELDT ESTUARY, FLOOD RISK, LANDSCAPE HISTORY, SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE
Disciplines:Geology, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Economic history, History