Klimaatdijk: Een verkenning

Klimaatdijk: Een verkenning

Hartog, M.
Van Loon-Steensma, J.M.
Schelfhout, H.
Slim, P.A.
Zantinge, A.

TU Delft

Kennis voor Klimaat

2009-01-01

The Climate Dike is a logical addition to the current practice of raising and reinforcing dikes. A Climate Dike is defined here as „a collective term for design components that result in flood defences so robust that they are virtually impossible to breach, and thus offer lasting protection, even in the face of ongoing climate change.. The Climate Dike concerns a type of dike that allows some wave overflow and even a limited amount of flooding, but which prevents the uncontrolled catastrophic dike breaks associated with devastating flooding of the hinterland. The number of potential victims and the resulting damage are therefore in no way comparable to those incurred when a traditional dike breaks. The risk, calculated as a product of the probability of occurrence and the resulting damage, is therefore drastically reduced. Another feature of the Climate Dike is its integrated multi-functional character. On it, a wider range of socio-economic interests can be built than on traditional dikes. This means that greater opportunities for financing also become available. Before the Climate Dike can be approached as a serious alternative, clarity is needed on the relevant information, experience, policy and knowledge that exists (and does not yet exist). The current inventory was conducted with that requirement in mind. The authors looked at, among others, projects that presented problems and challenges similar to those expected in development of a Climate Dike. These relate, among others, to technical, economic, social and spatial issues.

dike
klimaatdijk
river flood
flood protection
waterkering
hoogwaterbescherming
overstroming

TPN1100
TPN1300

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Alterra (projectbureau Kennis voor Klimaat)

KvK rapport 011/09, ISBN 978-94-90070-11-3 door Grontmij, WUR/Alterra, Deltares

Hydraulic Engineering Reports

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