How the Dutch plan to stay dry over the next century
| Autor: | Bart W. A. H. Parmet, Louise O. Fresco, Pavel Kabat, Cees P. Veerman, Marcel J. F. Stive |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Economic policy river engineering Population Climate change Plan (drawing) Safety standards Earth System Science Regional planning flood defence coastal engineering Activity-based costing education Environmental planning Civil and Structural Engineering Government education.field_of_study zuidwest-nederland flood control hoogwaterbeheersing Flood control Geography regional planning Leerstoelgroep Aardsysteemkunde south-west netherlands regionale planning |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Civil Engineering, 164(3), 114-121 Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Civil Engineering 164 (2011) 3 Scopus-Elsevier Proceedings of the ICE-Civil Engineering, 164 (3), 2011; authors version |
| ISSN: | 0965-089X 0965-089x |
| Popis: | Over two-thirds of the Netherlands’ economy and half its population is below sea level. The Dutch government recently set out far-reaching recommendations on how to keep the country flood-proof over the next century given the likelihood of rising sea levels and river flows. This paper explains the recommendations, which are based on a gradual upgrading of safety standards in the light of economic growth and group casualty risk, together with triggers provided by debates and data on climate change. It concludes that protection is feasible both technically and economically, costing up to €3 billion a year, and that the approach could be useful for other low-lying areas. |
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