H.P. Wolfert

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of recent progress in Europe and North America structured along the following main questions: "Where are we heading, i.e. what are our references and how can we translate them into realizable end-points?" and "How should we integrate rehabilitation into future river management to efficiently achieve our goals?"

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of natural levee overbank deposition on riverine grasslands along the meandering River Dinkel (The Netherlands) is described, where the rare vegetation type Diantho-Armerietum, characterised by Dianthus deltoides, Thymus pulegioides, Pimpinella saxifraga and Galium verum is identified as important to nature conservation.

TL;DR: In this article, a process-based geomorphological and ecological classification of rivers and river reaches has been developed to help identify both past and present-day geomorphology processes along lower branches of the Rhine.

TL;DR: There is a pressing need for integrated hydraulic-ecological evaluation of river engineering measures and ecosystem rehabilitation plans in the Rhine embanked floodplains and an important conclusion is that hydraulic evaluation of planned vegetation goals only is inadequate, because flow resistance of preceding succession stages may be higher.

TL;DR: The water ecotope classification (WEC) as mentioned in this paper was developed as a tool for integrated water management in the Netherlands, which is based on abiotic processes such as morphodynamics, hydrodynamics and land use.