Flood risk management in Dutch local spatial planning practices

Neuvel, J.M.M.; Brink, A. van den

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“…An important additional question is whether or not previous experiences with extreme weather events influence mayors' attitudes, as indicated in the literature [41,42]. For this factor, we have several measures: the phenomena of floods, storms, slides, and all of them put together, as measured by incidences and costs, as well as covering different time periods, for instance, 1983-2007 representing long-term experiences and 2003-2007 representing recent experiences.…”

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Norwegian mayoral awareness of and attitudes towards climate change

Orderud¹,

Kelman

2011

International Journal of Environmental Studies

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The willingness of local politicians to implement measures for curbing greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to emerging conditions is essential for successful climate change policies. This article reports findings from a survey of attitudes amongst Norwegian mayors, who prove to be fairly well informed about, and have confidence in, the climate change message. They think that Norway should do more to curb emissions, and that the municipal level should have a stronger role in policy design, but the central government should pay the costs. Most mayors favour a reduction in car driving, but have mixed opinions about jobs and environmental concerns, potentially causing tensions in policy-making. Mayors with an environmental education, representing left-wing parties, and from central rather than peripheral areas contribute to a more supportive attitude towards climate change policies.

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Section: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Basismentioning

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Norwegian mayoral awareness of and attitudes towards climate change

Orderud¹,

Kelman

2011

International Journal of Environmental Studies

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“…Although the initial response was rather technical (with a law aimed at dike enforcement), the development of a new policy line was started with the 'Room for the River' directive, and rapidly evolved into a general policy where spatial planning is considered key to water management (Wolsink 2006). However, at the local level, Neuvel and Van den Brink (2009) state that, although spatial planning measures are considered, they are rarely implemented as a risk-reducing measure.…”

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Governance of flood risk management in a time of climate change: the cases of Jakarta and Rotterdam

Ward

Pauw

Buuren

et al. 2012

Environmental Politics

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More than half the world's population lives in cities, and over two-thirds of the world's cities will be exposed to flooding within the next 30 years due to factors including climate change, land subsidence, sea level rise, and socio-economic development. Traditionally, flood management has concentrated on providing protection against floods using technical measures, but there is currently an international shift towards more integrated flood risk management, whereby flood risk is defined as the probability of flooding multiplied by the potential consequences. Governance plays a key role in this transition. However, relatively little has been written on how climate governance lessons are implemented on a city-scale. Several characteristics of recent climate change adaptation governance, relating to its structure, orientation, content, and timeframe, are gleaned from the research literature. Flood risk management of two cities -Jakarta and Rotterdam -is examined.

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“…Pielke, 1999;Di Baldassarre et al, 2009;Lane et al, 2011). Therefore, spatial planning is an important tool to manage flood risks, and is part of the portfolio in various countries, supplementing flood defense structures (Burby et al, 1999;APFM, 2007;Neuvel and Van den Brink, 2009;Glavovic 2010).…”

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A review of damage-reducing measures to manage fluvial flood risks in a changing climate

Kreibich

Bubeck

Vliet

et al. 2015

Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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Damage due to floods has increased during the last few decades, and further increases are expected in several regions due to climate change and a possibly growing vulnerability. To address the projected increase in flood risk, a combination of structural and non-structural flood risk mitigation measures is considered as a promising adaptation strategy. Such a combination takes into account that flood defence systems may fail, and prepares for unexpected crisis situations via land-use planning and private flood damage reduction e.g. via building precautionary measures. Private measures like shielding with water shutters or sand bags, building fortification or safeguarding of hazardous substances are often voluntary; they demand self-dependent action by people or companies at risk. It is believed that these measures are especially effective in areas with frequent flood events and low flood water levels, but some types of measures showed a significant damagereducing effect also during extreme flood events. This overview presents information about different damage-reducing measures, their state of implementation and the damage reducing effects of such measures, particularly reporting results of the project "Climate proof flood risk management" of the Dutch Knowledge for Climate (KFC) program.

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Flood risk management in Dutch local spatial planning practices

Cited by 54 publications

References 14 publications

Norwegian mayoral awareness of and attitudes towards climate change

Norwegian mayoral awareness of and attitudes towards climate change

Governance of flood risk management in a time of climate change: the cases of Jakarta and Rotterdam

A review of damage-reducing measures to manage fluvial flood risks in a changing climate

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