Combating salinity

Deltas are economic and environ-mental hot spots. They are very fertile, strategic sites with rich ecosystems. But deltas are vulnerable to flooding and drought, especially in the face of climate change.
  

Climate change, salinization and freshwater scarcity are significant threats to Delta areas around the world. A variety of concepts are being developed and pilot projects implemented to deal with water shortages.

*"Do not ignore the fact that this is happening," says Professor Gerard Galloway, a researcher at the University of Maryland, USA. "You have to be ahead of the game." read more »

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This is an abstract of an article, published in the magazine Deltas in times of climate change.

Author of this article

Michel Verschoor

Contacts

Gerald Galloway
Professor of Engineering, University of Maryland, USA
gegallo{at}umd.edu

Dr Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed
Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
kmahmed{at}univdhaka.edu

Dr Koos Groen
Acacia Water, the Netherlands
Koos.groen{at}acaciawater.com

Alphons van Winden
Bureau Stroming, consultancy firm for nature and landscape development
alwinden{at}stroming.nl