Eerste deel oriënteringsfase Schorerpolder
Start project
On the first of February 2018, the project started to map different alternative designs based on previous studies and outcomes of new studies. Two researchers of the Building with Nature group of HZ coordinated this research and guided the involved students. The expertise of researchers of water safety and spatial planning, civil engineering and vitality and tourism was added. A stakeholder meeting was organised the 14th of June to share the outcomes of the first six months and to organize discussion about the different alternative designs.
Ecosystem services
Groups of students compared the alternative designs for ecosystem services 1. Sustainable use of abiotic resources (Sinke et al. 2018) 2. Use as a nursery for fish (Lee et al. 2018) 3. Provision of habitat and foraging area for birds (Burger et al. 2018) 4. Enhance the biodiversity of hard structures in the intertidal zone of the area (Metekohij et al. 2018) 5. Quantification of primary production and carbon dioxide sequestration (Mol et al. 2018) 6. Quantification of the water purification capacity of salt marshes (Correa et al. 2018) 7. Possibilities for aquaculture (Abbenis, 2018)
Limits and opportunities
The possibilities for Schorerpolder are limited because of its location, what is to be found below and above the surface and where it is used for. The layer approach was used to define the spatial impact of the area. The most important outcome was how much cables and tubes where present in the area, all of importance to the harbor (Lambregts, 2018).
