As the three-day event which brought together more than 600 experts including civil engineers dredging companies contractors consultants project developers water companies knowledge institutes financial institutions and insurance companies governments and NGOs progressed the consensus was that governance does not mean government alone. We all bear responsibility in the decision-making process about deltas water management and risk planning. Read More

Re: East Coast Dredging Issues Widely Covered at Charleston Meeting IDR November/December 2008 page 6. The report presented by Dena Dickerson at the ICHDMG meeting regarding the “environmental window” imposed… Read More

Re: Colleagues Remember A.D. (Ton) Damen IDR January/February 2009 page 11. As usual you did an exceptional job with this issue. The tribute to Ton was first class and the… Read More

Technical paper abstracts for WODCON XIX are due on September 30 2009. The conference will be held from September 8 through 12 2010 in Grand Epoch City Beijing China. Read More