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Resilience in spatial planning and project design Jan Nuesink May 11 2016
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Resilience
in spatial planning and project design
Jan Nuesink
May 11 2016
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Resilience – the ‘buzz’word
• Ecological origin (Holling c.s. 1973)
• The ‘steady state’ assumption
• Ecosystem notion
• Changing human communities perspective
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Urban challenge
• Cities are becoming man’s sole ecosystem……
• Long ago – countryside only
• Recently – countryside and city
• Currently – majority city based
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A ‘steady state’?
• Resilient solutions require careful understanding of the forces of nature
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NL as delta city state
• Growing % world population in coastal or delta areas
• NL governance and planning geared to continuous adaptation
• Increased vulnerability
• More extreme events
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Lessons from the past
• Downside of technocratic flood protection programs
• Safety at expense of ecological damage, environmental costs
• Communities and landscapes affected
• Not ignore the laws of nature
• Delta plan, Oosterschelde
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Room for the river
• Creating extra space for water flow
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• Shared functional floodplain
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Resilience next level projects
• Incorporate ecosystem thinking in planning and design
• Forward thinking, imagine future events
• From vision, via master planning to project implementation
• The concept of ‘nature driven design’
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The ‘sand motor’
• “Building with nature”, sea current redistributes stored sand
• Strengthens weak spots along the coastline in a natural way
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Marker Wadden
• Improving resilience of Marker Meer lake system
• Ecosystem rehabilitation
• Environmental restoration
• Creating a new bird paradise
• Recreational areas for wellbeing Randstad population
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Urban context retrofit ‘green-blue’ ecosystem
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Coastal city, combined ‘hard’ & ‘soft’ approach
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Excessively relying on ‘hard’ technical solutions…..
….fighting just symptoms may even worsen the situation
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...if ecosystem services & resilience are ignored or undermined
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Resilience - integrated in urban master planning
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Al Kharj city – urban development in arid zone
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Design with natural landscape features
• Central wadi park collecting & retaining available water
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Central wadi park impressions
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Potential oasis as reference image
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Consider resilience inclusive planning
• Integrate ecological principles in socio-economic DNA
• Planners and designers must understand nature and technology
• Engineer’s solutions may be effective but need critical review (SEA!)
• Ecosystem inspired solutions, nature driven designs…
• …..can offer superior and sustainable results for liveable cities
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