Climate Change Adaptation in Tokyo Bay: The Case for a Storm Surge Barrier

Increases in typhoon intensity and sea level rise could pose significant challenges to coastal defences around Tokyo Bay. In order to analyse the extent of future problems the authors determined the increase storm surge that could result from an increase in typhoon intensity and sea level rise to this area around the turn of the 21st century....

Analysis of Tsunami Culture in Countries Affected by Recent Tsunamis

Since 2004 there is a growing global awareness of the risks that tsunamis pose to coastal communities. Despite the fact that these events were already an intrinsic part of the culture of some countries (such as Chile and Japan), in many other places they had been virtually unheard of before 2004. Nevertheless, the frequent reoccurrence of these...

Circulation patterns and shoreline response induced by submerged breakwaters

Submerged shore-parallel breakwaters for coastal defence (henceforth SBWs) are a good compromise between the need to mitigate the effects of waves on the coast and the ambition to ensure the preservation of the landscape and water quality. However, if not properly designed, such structures can force circulation patterns that enhance shoreline...

Sea dike breach initiation and development

Description of the performance of the large-scale experiments in the GWK in Hannover in 2008

Large scale physical model tests on the stability of geocontainers

Within the framework of the workpackage 4c: “Flexible coastal defence with geosystems”, which is part of the workpackage 4: “Morfodynamics of the North Sea and coast” several problems are formulated with respect to the application and design of Geosystems. This is performed within the Delft Cluster project “Sustainable development of North sea...

Public Participation: Do's and Don't's & Key Messages

This document has been produced to provide a tool to project managers to enable them to quickly assess whether or not participation is the right thing to do and the key Dos and Donts of participation. An example of a Community Engagement Plan in the UK is discribed.

Participation - Methods and application in Germany

The methods of participation used within coastal protection management projects in Germany are well established. The first part of this report summarizes the certain methods in a figure. The appendix comprises a list of certain projects. This report gives no detailed description and evaluation of participation methods. In Germany, there exists a...

Quick scan of Participatory Action, Summary, conclusions and recommendations

Projects using innovative concepts in coastal defence -like ComCoast- can benefit greatly from participatory action. It can lead to innovative solutions with a broad societal support base, as is shown in the plan for water storage in the Overdiepse polder and the inundation compensation scheme for farmers in the upper River Dinkel region. This...

Building trust with communities toolkit

This is intended to be a short, practical booklet which is a step-by-step toolkit for those working with local communities. It is just one part of a range of work to improve our community relations. The information within this booklet has been taken from Building Trust with Communities, a background report produced as part of the Building Trust...

Building trust with communities - a toolkit for staff

This is intended to be a short, practical booklet which is a step-by-step toolkit for those working with local communities. It is just one part of a range of work to improve our community relations. The information within this booklet has been taken from Building Trust with Communities, a background report produced as part of the Building Trust...

Water en zand in balans: Evaluatie zandsuppleties na 1990; een morfologische beschouwing

Na bijna 10 jaar ervaring met Dynamisch Handhaven is een evaluatie uitgevoerd die de gehele Nederlandse kust omvat. Eerdere evaluaties moesten beperkt blijven tot individuele suppleties en tot kusttrajecten waar enkele suppleties waren uitgevoerd. Bij de huidige evaluatie kon voor het eerst ook aandacht worden gegeven aan onderwatersuppleties....

Flood and Coastal Defence Project Appraisal Guidance: Environmental Appraisal FCDPAG5

Guidance on scheme appraisal, legal requirements and good practice 2.1 Scheme appraisal 2.1.1 General approach 2.1.2 Environmental duties of operating authorities 2.1.3 Powers of direction and supervision 2.1.4 Identifying the preferred option 2.1.5 Detailed design considerations 2.2 Environmental appraisal and assessment 2.2.1 Initial...