Information
- Type
- Project
- Name
- Hydralab+ HyWEdges
- Description @en
- This project is funded by Hydralab+ project from Horizon 2020 program. 7 research organizations are involved in the HyWEdges (Hydrodynamics at coastal Wetland Edges) project. The motivation of this project is summarized as follows. Coastal wetlands provide important ecosystem services for coastal protection. Together with their ability to adapt to sea-level rise through aggradation and progradation, these services have led to increased interest in the use of coastal wetlands for defence against coastal flooding. Despite, little is known about the dynamics of coastal wetland progradation under the effect of combined waves and currents. To understand progradation further information is required on wetland edge processes, and thus a physical model will be conducted.
- Start date
- 2018-2
- End date
- 2020-12
Expertise
- CO_FUND - 5114 - Department of Mobility and Public Works
- defined term set: FRIS Complementary Funding Codes
- term code: 178156
- Coastal and estuarine hydraulics
- defined term set: Flemish Research Disciplines
- term code: 179340
- Coastal geography
- defined term set: Flemish Research Disciplines
- term code: 179130
- Currents
- defined term set: WL Kennisdomein
- term code: 169938
- Hydrodynamics
- defined term set: Flemish Research Disciplines
- term code: 179456
- Physical modelling
- defined term set: WL Kennisdomein types
- term code: 169915
- Salt marshes
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 7124
- Sediment transport
- defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
- term code: 7391
- Waves
- defined term set: WL Kennisdomein
- term code: 169959