Towards a Flood-Resilient Civil Society: Explore Flood Risk Adaptive Design and Governance Strategies in Roermond

Flooding is one of the most destructive climate disasters. Since the 21st century, the United States, Thailand, China, and many other countries have been hit by flash floods, which not only exposed the vulnerability of the urban system expansively but also serves as an opportunity to promote resilient city construction. The research begins by...

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...

Four Clusters o fThought on Flood Resilience and Climate Adaptation: The state of the art and new directions for spatial planning

The need to respond to increasing flood risk, climate change, and rapid urban development has shaped innovative policies and practices of spatial planning in many countries over recent decades. As an instrumental–technical intervention, planning is mainly used to improve the physical environment (through concepts such as regulating waterproof...

Programme of requirements for the design of an instrument that assists spatial planners in assessing flood risk: A research towards the questions if- and how- an instrument that presents information to users form a different dsicipline that the designers can be improved.

Flood risk is increasing due to climate change and the growth of the potential consequences of flooding. Analysing how flood-proof the spatial plan is, therefore becomes more important. Since most spatial planners have limited knowledge concerning flood risk, the Netherlands’ Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management commissioned...

Heritage as sector, factor and vector: conceptualizing the shifting relationship between heritage management and spatial planning

Heritage is a highly malleable concept that is constantly in flux and whose substance and meaning are continuously being redefined by society. From such a dynamic perspective, it is inevitable that new approaches and practices have developed for dealing with heritage in the context of planned development. While most scholars acknowledge the...

Poldering between control and laissez faire: The example of harmonizing subsoil management and spatial planning

The purpose of this contribution is to look at different planning contexts into which decisions about subsoil engineering presently need to be integrated. There are many ways of doing as well as theorizing spatial planning; and planning practice is constantly changing. Next to that, soil legislation and management has become more important to...

Research on spatial planning and stormwater management of waterfront city: A case study on Dutch city of Almere

Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects: Management, Partnerships & Effects in the Netherlands and the UK

Subject of study is Private Sector-led Urban Development Projects. Such projects involve property developers taking a leading role and local authorities adopting a facilitating role in the management of the development of an urban area, based on a framework of public requirements and a formal contractual public-private role division. Such a...

Haalbaarheidsstudie drijvende kassen: Samenvatting, resultaten

Spatial planning and supporting instruments for preventive flood management

The floods and the risk in the Rhine basin can only effectively be reduced if, in addition to technical measures, spatial planning regulates land use in flood prone areas. Furthermore future detention areas as well as room for river functions must be safeguarded in a long term perspective. In addition spatial planning can influence the...

Dutch approach to coastline management

In the Netherlands we have a strong tradition in making zoning regulations, town and country planning, and so on The Ministry of Environmental Affairs, Town and Country Planning and Housing is one of the most important ministries in this country In matters of planning the basis is the "memorandum on town and country planning", which is renewed...