The Seminar on Resilient Urban Delta Development was jointly Organized by National Water Resources Committee, Yangon Regional Government and Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The seminar aims to enable the exchange of information and the creation of synergies and cooperation among various a...
Sinking Yangon
Title Sinking Yangon: Detection of subsidence caused by groundwater extraction using SAR interferometry and PSI time-series analysis for Sentinel-1 data Author Van der Horst, T. Contributor Rutten, M. (mentor) Date 2017-02-17 Abstract Inhabitants and ecosystems in delta areas are becoming increasing...
Sustainable Dala
Title Sustainable Dala: Showcase of a sustainable water infrastructure Author Bandinu, Giacomo (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Water Management) Barendsen, Lot (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Water Management) Delfos, Jeroen (TU Delft Civil Engineering and...
Governance and Institution for Water Supply
Dr. Satoshi TAKIZAWA from The University of Tokyo presented in 3rd Asia Pacific Water Summit in 2017. It was shown that one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all is articulated. Furthermore, the explanation about urban water crisis and wate...
YWP Myanmar: Field Trip to Twante Canal
29 November 2017. Dawn came slowly, followed by the brilliant blue sky of the morning. A group of twelve young Myanmar people gathered at the NanThidar Water Taxi Terminal in Yangon. All wearing the same shirt with "Young Water Professional (YWP) 3rd batch", they were filled with excitement to go on...
Water level monitoring in the Sittaung river basin
Author De Vilder, L.H. Contributors Rutten, M.M. (mentor) Download Link: https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid:eab22a8e-bc93-4c68-a4df-02c3aa586dea/datastream/OBJ/download
Scoping study of `Coastal Squeeze' phenomenon, Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
Author Kroon, M.E.N. Rip, J. Contributors Stive, M.J.F. (mentor) Rutten, M.M. (mentor) Abstract Coastal squeeze is defined as the reduction in the space of coastal habitats to operate [1] and it is an important cause for (amongst others) coastline retreat, an increase in flood risk and salinity intr...
Delft3D model of the Ayeyarwady delta Myanmar
Author Attema, Y.H. Hendriks, H.C.M. Contributor Van Prooijen, B.C. (mentor) Abstract In 2013 and 2014, a hydrodynamic model for the Ayeyarwady delta was developed. This delta is located in the Southwestern part of Myanmar. Because it is prone to flooding and is also affected by salt intrusion durin...
Delft3D-FLOW Model of the Yangon Port Area
Author De Koning, R.J. Janssen, M.P.J. Abstract Large sedimentation is observed in the Yangon port area in Myanmar and this sediment is blocking the entrance channel into the port. The entrance channel is dredged intensively to keep it navigable but insight into the sedimentation processes is limite...
Innovative rainfall measurement devices in tropical regions
Author Honingh, D. Contributors Rutten, M. (mentor) Ten Veldhuis, M. (mentor) Abstracts In this thesis, the rain conditions of Yangon and Bago are studied. During the rainy season large rain quantities fall in a short period, which quite regularly causes major floods in Myanmar. The floods hav...
Flood Proof Myanmar
Author Blom, J. Caminada, I. Colina Alonso, A. Nientker, G. Rijper, H. Stoop, N. Contributors Stive, M.J.F. (mentor) Rutten, M.M. (mentor) Pel, A.J. (mentor) Abstracts The objective of this research is to make a general framework, that when run through one can find a suitable measure to make a...
Remote sensing waves in data-scarce countries
Author Kwant, M.D. Contributors De Vries, S. (mentor) Rutten, M.M. (mentor) Delft University of Technology Abstracts he objective of this thesis was analyzing and evaluating different sources of wave data. Wave data from two hindcasts, satellite altimetry and wave buoys were compared with each...
The tidal bore in the Sittaung River
Author de Ridder, M.P. Contributors Wang, Z.B. (mentor) Rutten, M.M. (mentor) Delft University of Technology Abstracts A 2Dnumericalmodel is set-up for the tidal bore in the Sittaung River. This model is used to analyse the effect of the bottom friction, bathymetry, tidal range and river disch...
Dispersion in the Ayeyarwady
Author Bakker, Tije (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering) Contributors Rutten, Martine (mentor) Sloff, Kees (mentor) Delft University of Technology Abstracts Delft University of TechnologyThe Ayeyarwady River (also called Irrawaddy River) is the most impo...
Cost-effectiveness of NGO-Sourced Health Franchising
Author Hatun, Zeynep (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management) Contributors van Beers, Cees (graduation committee) van Hulst, Bart (mentor) Kroesen, Otto (mentor) Delft University of Technology Abstract Healthcare services in the developing countries are suffering from lack of equipment, e...