Animals on the levee

Samenvatting

Engineers design levees without taking into account animal activity. But in reality: *Levees attract burrowing animals *Many of them are protected (e.g. beavers) *It is not always easy to detect burrows and remove them Topics of interest are: 1. Eco engineering approaches for deterrence of animals How can we make animals go elsewhere? 2. Detection and measurement techniques How can we find burrows on a levee and measure their geometry? 3. Failure paths How do levees fail when they have burrows? 4. Effectiveness of countermeasures How can we repair levee damages made by burrowing animal?s