Raising Waters: A circular water-based vision for an adaptive future of South-Holland

The Netherlands, and in particular South–Holland, is to a large extent below sea level, making the region vulnerable to environmental challenges linked to climate change. According to IPCC, a sea-level rise of two to five metres is not excluded, while the Delta committee advised the government recently to not invest in new infrastructure in the...

Venice and the Lagoon: Two new visions

What long ago started as a small fishing village, seeking refuge from the Romans, slowly evolved into the city of Venice that we know today. With its unique location came unique problems, most of which were related to the interplay between Venice and its lagoon. By severe measures in the past it has continued to withstand the test of time. <br/...

New Netherlands: Towards transitional flood risk management anticipating to extreme future sea level rise scenarios

Sea levels are rising globally and the melting Antarctic ice sheet is attributed to be the primary contributor. Due to the deep uncertainty of the causal representative carbon pathways, the plausible range of sea levels rise varies between 0,26 - 2,43 m for 2100 and 0,50 - 15,52 m for 2300. To address deep uncertainty, decision making methods...

Assessing Flood Risk Under Sea Level Rise and Extreme Sea Levels Scenarios: Application to the Ebro Delta (Spain)

This study presents a novel methodology to estimate the impact of local sea level rise and extreme surges and waves in coastal areas under climate change scenarios. The methodology is applied to the Ebro Delta, a valuable and vulnerable low-lying wetland located in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Projections of local sea level accounting...

Foresea: An installation about sea level rise at Oerol 2016

Foresea is the result of course 'AR0148 - landscape architecture ON site' 2016, initiated by the section Landscape Architecture at the faculty of Architecture. Central aim of this course is to express the given site in a project at the interface between landscape architecture and landscape art, which will be performed during the Oerol festival...

Coping with coastal change

The coastal zone is one of the most dynamic environments on our planet and is much affected by global change, especially sea-level rise. Coastal environments harbour valuable ecosystems, but they are also hugely important from a societal point of view. This book, which draws on the expertise of 21 leading international coastal scientists,...

Climate change impacts on the stability of small tidal inlets: A numerical modelling study using Realistic Analogue approach

Tidal inlets are of great societal importance as they are often associated with ports and harbours, industry, tourism, recreation and prime waterfront real estate. Their behaviour is governed by the delicate balance of oceanic processes (tides, waves and mean sea level), and fluvial/estuarine processes (riverflow and heat fluxes), all of which...

Modelling Morphological Response of Large Tidal Inlet Systems to Sea Level Rise

This dissertation qualitatively investigates the morphodynamic response of a large inlet system to IPCC projected relative sea level rise (RSLR). Adopted numerical approach (Delft3D) used a highly schematised model domain analogous to the Ameland inlet in the Dutch Wadden Sea. Predicted inlet evolution indicated the typical channel/shoal pattern...

A risk-informed approach to coastal zone management

Economic and population growth have led to an unprecedented increase in the value at risk in coastal zones over the last century. To avoid excessive future losses, particularly in the light of projected climate change impacts, coastal zone managers have various instruments at their disposal. These primarily concern land-use planning ...

Environmental sustainability and climate change effects: An investigation into ports’ response and readiness

The increase in trade and economies of scale has influenced ports in respect to the growth and services they provide. Ports as trade commercial centres, in which international markets and national economies meet, must start considering how the impacts of extreme climate change influence their port management and operations. This particular study...

Coastal flood risk assessment and coastal zone management: A case study of Seberang Perai and Kuantan Pekan in Malaysia

The rise of sea level increases the risk of coastal flooding by increasing the probability of occurrence of flood event at a given height. The essence of coastal planning and management in the future relies on an accurate coastal flood risk assessment with regards to sea level rise. Through the set up of flood risk assessment model in Geographic...

Sea level rise of the Netherlands

Analysis of observations of sea level rise in the Netherlands related to physical effects in world climate.

Zeespiegelstijging en de gevolgen voor de Nederlandse Kust

De temperatuur op aarde stijgt. Een gevolg van deze temperatuurstijging is zeespiegelstijging. Een ander gevolg zou kunnen zijn dat de weersomstandigheden kunnen veranderen. De gemiddelde windkracht zou kunnen toenemen waardoor de golfhoogtes kunnen toenemen. Ook de gemiddelde windrichting zou kunnen veranderen. Een en ander zal gevolgen hebben...

Vulnerability of Bangladesh to climate change and sea level rise

Concepts and tools for calculating risk in integrated coastal zone management. This summary document highlights the main analyses and findings of the technical and institutional components of the pilot study, which are reported in separate documents. In subsequent chapters attention will be paid to the problems addressed, the approach followed,...