Case Studies: Rotterdam and New York
Different strategies to community based adaptation to flood risk
Peter van Veelen (TU Delft - OLD Urban Compositions)
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Abstract
Although storm at the North
Sea produces moderate flood levels compared to the hurricane-impacted storm
surge flood levels at the East Coast, Rotterdam and New York show comparable
flood characteristics (see Figures at top next page). The majority of the urbanized
waterfront areas in New York City and Rotterdam are mostly exposed to slow rising
storm surge flooding that causes relatively shallow and short-lived
inundations.