Topics
Papers from all over the world are welcomed on topics including, but not limited to:Strategies and technology
- New ideas to minimize the need for maintenance dredging
- Developments in maintenance dredging techniques
- Developments of dredging technology for capital dredging in hard soils
- Emission regulations and alternative fuels
- Developments in numerical modelling and measurement techniques
- Adaptive management strategies and monitoring
Sediment balance in and around ports
- Large scale morphological changes impacting sediment balance
- Sediment budget in estuaries versus deepening for port accessibility
- Research on sediment balance in ports and sea canals
- Artificial islands and sand motors: a way of port expansion or hampering future port development
Working with sediments
- Beneficial re-use of dredged sediments:
- to counter coastal erosion
- to adapt to climate change
- to enhance ecosystems in estuaries - Matching sediment supply and demand
- Economics of beneficial re-use
- Improving public perception, gaining support of stakeholders
Last update: 21 August 2014
