Print Email Facebook Twitter Coastal defence solutions (approach of ComCoast) Title Coastal defence solutions (approach of ComCoast) Author Verhagen, H.J. Visser, P.J. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2007-02-06 Abstract Along the North Sea coast, water levels are rising and waves are intensifying due to climate change. The best scientific evidence suggests that both phenomena are likely to accelerate over the coming decades. In some North Sea coastal areas also land is sinking and tidal heights and rates of erosion are increasing. This means that the risk of flooding is increasing while more people are living, working and spending their leisure time within the coastal flood plain. With the pressure to build more housing, planners are considering options for development in coastal areas. Flood risk, the environment and a dynamic coastline have to be balanced with this pressure for development. ComCoast is looking at how we use the coastal flood plain today and is seeking multifunctional solutions for its sustainable use in the future. The ComCoast concept is to create a more gradual transition from sea to land, instead of a traditional single line of water defence. The project is developing innovative flood risk management strategies to include wider social and environmental functions such as recreation, fishing, tourism and habitat creation. This approach aims at to highlight possibilities for developing the coastal area with respect to spatial planning, to benefit local and wider communities as well as maintaining the environment. Subject climate changecoastal protection To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ac9c5019-4a53-4c2d-ab3c-e5f294d717be Publisher IOER, Dresden, Germany Source Proceedings of European Symposium on Flood Risk Management Research (EFREM 2007), Dresden, Germany, 6 -7 February 2007 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2007 TU Delft Files PDF EFRM2007_ComCoast.pdf 112.28 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ac9c5019-4a53-4c2d-ab3c-e5f294d717be/datastream/OBJ/view