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Jongejan, R.B. (author), Ranasinghe, R.W.M.R.J.B. (author), Vrijling, J.K. (author)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 ...conference paper 2011
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Raymond, D.G. (author)The city of New Orleans, like many major global cities, is located within a delta environment at the edge of land and water. One key characteristic of such landscapes is they are dynamic and always changing, with either water encroaching on the land or land building into the water. The challenge for cities in such locations is they must adapt to...master thesis 2011
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De Siqueira, B.V.P. (author)Coastal lagoons are shallow coastal water bodies separated from the ocean by a barrier and they support a range of natural services that are highly valued by society, including but not limited to fisheries productivity, storm protection, and tourism. Songkhla lagoon is the largest lagoonal water resource in Thailand and Southeast Asia. The...master thesis 2011
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Roders, M.J. (author), Straub, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)A changing climate can have a large influence on the living quality of houses. A case study was carried out on the level of awareness of housing associations. This study forms the start of a research project on governance strategies for adaptation in residential buildings. A content analysis on climate change related topics was pursued on the...conference paper 2011
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Zethof, M. (author)The fresh water supply will be more under pressure, due to the predicted effects of climate change in the Netherlands. More frequent salt water intrusion during the summer semester is caused by the joint occurrence of low river discharges and the expected sea level rise. The control of external salinity is necessary to guarantee a sufficient...master thesis 2011
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Van de Poel, I. (author), Fahlquist, J.N. (author), Doorn, N. (author), Zwart, S. (author), Royakkers, L. (author)In some situations in which undesirable collective effects occur, it is very hard, if not impossible, to hold any individual reasonably responsible. Such a situation may be referred to as the problem of many hands. In this paper we investigate how the problem of many hands can best be understood and why, and when, it exactly constitutes a...journal article 2011
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Anonymus, A. (author)1 The Swiss Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (Probst Thomas, Hohmann Roland, Koellner-Heck Pamela) 2 Adaptation to Water-Related Disasters Caused by Extreme Weather Conditions (Takara Kaoru) 3 The Application of Macro Scale Distributed Hydrological Model in Runoff Simulation of JiaLingJiang River Basin (Junliang Jin, Guoqing Wang,...report 2011
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Hinborch, M. (author)The flood defence in the historical town centre of Dordrecht is situated in the Voorstraat, which is a busy shopping street. The dike itself is too low at some places, but with a system of flood stop logs in the doors of buildings along the street some extra height can be reached. The reliability of the stop log system is doubted however, so...master thesis 2011
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Visscher, H.J. (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Itard, L.C.M. (author)Since a few years the attention for building regulatory systems and enforcement procedures is growing. Various developments in society, politics and the construction industry have influenced changes in the systems of building control in the last 20 years. The influence of climate change and the related demands on buildings will have a very...conference paper 2010
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Visscher, H.J. (author), Itard, L.C.M. (author), Guerra Santin, O. (author)Since a few years the attention for building regulatory systems and enforcement procedures is growing. Various developments in society, politics and the construction industry have influenced changes in the systems of building control in the last 20 years. The influence of climate change and the related demands on buildings will have a very...conference paper 2010
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Bucx, T. (author), Marchand, M. (author), Makaske, B. (author), Van de Guchte, C. (author)In this collaborative project of the Delta Alliance a framework for delta assessment is proposed, building on the work done for the Aquaterra 2009 conference in Amsterdam and elaborating recent recommendations of the World Estuary Alliance conference (hosted by WWF in Shanghai, June 2010) regarding the development of a worldwide assessment of...report 2010
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Bardoel, J.W.S. (author)Rijkswaterstaat is responsible for maintaining the fairway of the river Waal for navigation for more than a hundred years. In the past problem areas, which cause hindrance for navigation and block the fairway, were prevented with structural measures. Dredging was used as a last resort. In 2005 the desired fairway depth was increased from BRV -2...master thesis 2010
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Bakker, C. (author), Peck, D. (author), Soboll, P. (author), Tempelman, E. (author)As the world moves into an era of significant changes predicated by the challenge of sustainability, the future holds many questions, with serious consequences depending on the answers. Given the implications of these changes, the worlds design community needs to be constantly challenged to respond. To support conversations on what life will be...conference paper 2010
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Bakker, C.A. (author), Peck, D.P. (author), Soboll, P. (author), Tempelman, E. (author)As the world moves into an era of significant changes predicated by the challenge of sustainability, the future holds many questions, with serious consequences depending on the answers. Given the implications of these changes, the world’s design community needs to be constantly challenged to respond. To support conversations on what life will be...conference paper 2010
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Haza Vidal, J. (author)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...master thesis 2010
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van der Toorn, A. (a.vandertoorn@tudelft.nl) (author), de Jong, M. (m.dejong@tudelft.nl)) (author)Although much attention is given to the consequences of climate change with respect to melting icecaps, starving polar bears, sea level rise and inadequate storm defense systems, there may be severe consequences for inland shipping too. Not only because of more frequent occurrence and longer durations of closed storm surge barriers, which may...conference paper 2010
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Wagener, T. (author), Sivapalan, M. (author), Troch, P.A. (author), McGlynn, B.L. (author), Harman, C.J. (author), Gupta, H.V. (author), Kumar, P. (author), Rao, P.S.C. (author), Basu, N.B. (author), Wilson, J.S. (author)Human activities exert global-scale impacts on our environment with significant implications for freshwater-driven services and hazards for humans and nature. Our approach to the science of hydrology needs to significantly change so that we can understand and predict these implications. Such an adjustment is a necessary prerequisite for the...journal article 2010
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Van den Heuvel, B.R. (author)Climate change is characterised by a global increase in temperature and by the increase in the number of extreme weather events like; heatwaves, extreme droughts, and heavy rainfall. Ur-banisation can be seen as a climate problem, for example because of the lack of water storage in cities during times of drought and the lack of drainage during...master thesis 2009
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Holst, E. (author)Financial feasibility study of urban development in lowland polders in the Netherlands, where different spatial designs are evaluated for the Westergouwe. In the near future, the competing demand for new housing and water storage in the Randstad have to be met, whilst guaranteeing the safety against rising sea level and extreme weather conditions.master thesis 2009
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Ho, J.C. (author)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...master thesis 2009