Dutch Flood Experience 1932 Flood Barrier
Flood management in the Netherlands
Following the 1916 floods
Dutch Flood Experience 1986 Storm Surge Barrier
Flood management in the Netherlands
Following the 1953 floods
10 January 2013
Dike relocation
Dike relocation (realignment) at Nijmegen
Flood management in the Netherlands
Following the 1995 floods
Room for Rivers Program
22 juni 2016
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Paradigm shift: - From fighting against water to living with water - From civil engineering to nature based solutions
AT ALL SCALES
Climate Proof Cities Research Program
4 years 6.6 million Euro
13 PhD’s, many researchers
How can cities adapt to climate change?
Stress test as part of national policy in climate adaptation
Tiered approach
Three steps:
1: Vulnerability scan
2: Strategy to reduce vulnerability
3: Select set of adaptation measures
Climate resilient cities
Urban areas (re)developed in such a way,
that they are better able to cope with hazards from
more extreme weather.
Hazard assessment:
- Flooding
- Drought
- Heat stress
- Land subsidence
(and contribute to a better urban environment)
PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE PORT
AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW
JERSEY A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
CAPTURES THE PATH STATION IN
HOBOKEN, N.J., AS IT IS FLOODED
SHORTLY BEFORE 9:30 P.M. EDT ON
MONDAY, OCT. 29, 2012. (CREDIT: AP)
Vulnerability assessment
• Power
• Telecom
• Hospitals
• Evacuation routes
• Elderly homes
• Chemical plants
• … … …
vulnerable people, animals and
vital objects and networks
require extra protection
Many, many options:
Selection of adaptation measures – many, many options
http://www.urbangreenbluegrids.com/design-
tool/
Structuring the selection process …
Output: ranked list of
measures strengthened
design &
innovation
2 - 3 alternative
adaptation
packages
design ready for
decision making
ADAPTATION SUPPORT TOOLBOX
AST 3Di, HDSM,…
Creating resilience is a process
effects process
design
concept
model
design
effects
concept EXPERTISE
drawing calculating
dialogue
Van de Ven F.H.M., S.P. Tjallingii. P. Baan, P. van Eijk en M. Rijsberman (2005) Water in Drievoud; benaderingen voor stedelijke waterplannen
.(Triple Water; approaches for urban water management planning), Eburon, Delft, ISBN 90 5972 096
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