How the Dutch plan to stay dry over the next century | Zendy

M.J.F. Stive | Zendy; L.O. Fresco | Zendy; P. Kabat | Zendy; Bart W. A. H. Parmet | Zendy; Cees Veerman | Zendy

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How the Dutch plan to stay dry over the next century

Author(s) -

M.J.F. Stive,

L.O. Fresco,

P. Kabat,

Bart W. A. H. Parmet,

Cees Veerman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

proceedings of the institution of civil engineers - civil engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1751-7672

pISSN - 0965-089X

DOI - 10.1680/cien.2011.164.3.114

Subject(s) - flood myth , government (linguistics) , climate change , activity based costing , plan (archaeology) , population , population growth , business , geography , accounting , archaeology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , demography , sociology , biology

Over two-thirds of the Netherlands’ economy and half its population is below sea level. The Dutch government recently set out far-reaching recommendations on how to keep the country flood-proof over the next century given the likelihood of rising sea levels and river flows. This paper explains the recommendations, which are based on a gradual upgrading of safety standards in the light of economic growth and group casualty risk, together with triggers provided by debates and data on climate change. It concludes that protection is feasible both technically and economically, costing up to 3 billion a year, and that the approach could be useful for other low-lying areas

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