Martijn F. van Staveren

TL;DR: The delta trajectory concept is introduced as a way to understand the interplay between social, ecological, and technological systems in deltas and options to realign unsustainable pathways with more desirable ones are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that dealing with floods in Bangladesh requires plans, policies and projects formulated against the historic background of complex interactions among social processes, environmental dynamics and technological interventions: a lesson to be incorporated in on-going policy-making processes and long-term delta management plans.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate a series of long-term policy plans, which have been developed for the Mekong delta since the 1960s, on their take on flood control sensu flood prevention, or the opposite, controlled seasonal flooding.

TL;DR: Controlled flooding is being experimented with in the Dutch delta as a new and ecologically oriented strategy to deal with floods, in contrast to the conventional flood prevention paradigm as mentioned in this paper, where land is set aside occasionally to accommodate river floods, while restored flood and tidal dynamics aim to benefit nature development.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the complexity and interaction between environmental, technological and socio-political drivers for (and against) dyke removal and restoration of flood dynamics to reduce flood disaster risk.