Thesis
Deltares – Quantifying the effect of drought measures on intra-day flooding
Adaptation measures to drought and flood risk are often separately studied. Measures to
decrease drought risk at landscape level in the Netherlands often include removing tube
drainage and smaller ditches. However, the resulting increase in groundwater levels might
affect flood patterns during extreme rain events. Hence, with this MSc-research, we would like to do a deep dive into the effects of drought
measures on flooding using an online coupled groundwater-surface water model and detailed
implementation of the proposed drought measures in both model components.
