Print Email Facebook Twitter How the Dutch plan to stay dry over the next Century Title How the Dutch plan to stay dry over the next Century Author Stive, M.J.F. Fresco, L.O. Kabat, P. Parmet, B.W.A.H. Veerman, C.P. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2011-08-01 Abstract 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. Subject flood defencecoastal engineeringdeltacommissieriver engineering To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:00be55c3-b780-4b2f-8b5c-c1786d29e269 DOI https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.2011.164.3.114 Publisher ICE Institution of Civil Engineers ISSN 0965-089x Source Proceedings of the ICE-Civil Engineering, 164 (3), 2011; authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2011 The Author(s) Files PDF StiveEtAl_2011.pdf 217.95 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:00be55c3-b780-4b2f-8b5c-c1786d29e269/datastream/OBJ/view