{"id":3391,"date":"2020-06-02T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/en\/projects\/eastern-scheldt-dike-foreshore-ecological-upgrading-nl\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:28:48","slug":"eastern-scheldt-dike-foreshore-ecological-upgrading-nl","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/en\/cases\/eastern-scheldt-dike-foreshore-ecological-upgrading-nl\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecological dike foreshore upgrading  &#8211; Eastern Scheldt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong>Location<\/strong> <\/strong>:<strong> <\/strong>Zeelandbrug close to Zierikzee, <span>The Netherlands, <\/span><br><strong><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">Date<\/strong> <\/strong>: 2009 &#8211; 2010<strong> <\/strong><br><strong><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">Involved parties<\/strong> <\/strong>: <span>Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Rijkswaterstaat), <\/span>Deltares, GiMaRIS and Van Oord<strong> <br>Technology Readiness Level: <\/strong> 7 \u2013 system prototype demonstration in operational environment<br><strong>Environment:<\/strong> Lakes, Rivers &amp; Estuaries, Ports<br><strong><strong style=\"text-align: justify\">Keywords<\/strong> <\/strong>: Habitat enrichment, Ecology, Fish\/Shellfish<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"before-after-block_5f69d1a04a7d2\" class=\"block-before-after-inner\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"block-before-after-column\">\n        <div class=\"block-before-after-title\">Building with Nature design<\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"block-before-after-figure\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Landschap-1980x1485.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>            <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"block-before-after-body\">\n            <p>Specialized shapes of rock armour stone are created over a technically stable foreshore design.  The wide variety of niches that is obtained enables the organisms to settle, breed, grow, hide and hunt.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"block-before-after-column\">\n        <div class=\"block-before-after-title\">Traditional design<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"block-before-after-figure\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/RechtOntwerp-300x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/RechtOntwerp-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/RechtOntwerp.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"block-before-after-body\">\n            <p>A traditional mono-functional design compromises a plain slope  with a flat top layer that hardly provides places for organisms to settle or recover. The result is a low overall bio density and limited landscape variability.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n    .block-before-after-inner {\n        display: grid;\n        grid-template-columns: repeat(1, 1fr);\n        column-gap: 1px;\n        row-gap: 1em;\n    }\n\n    @media (min-width: 992px) {\n        .block-before-after-inner {\n            grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);\n        }\n    }\n\n    .block-before-after-title {\n        background-color: #7FAFC8;\n        color: #fff;\n        font-weight: bold;\n        margin-bottom: 1px;\n    }\n\n    .block-before-after-title,\n    .block-before-after-body {\n        padding: 10px 15px;\n    }\n\n    .block-before-after-figure {\n        height: 220px;\n    }\n\n    .block-before-after-column img {\n        height: 100%;\n        object-fit: cover;\n        width: 100%;\n    }\n\n    .block-before-after-body {\n        font-size: 16px;\n    }\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n<p>In this project, the design of the foreshore strengthening has been enriched by placing armour stone in different shapes and depths. 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