national files

netherlands

Key documents

• National Water Plan (design) (2008)

• Policy paper Flood Safety (design) (2008)

• Deltacommittee advice (2008)

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• Water Vision (Watervisie), Government vision on water policy

• Coastal policy paper (Beleidslijn kust) (2007)

• National strategy for climate adaptation (2007)

• Flood Defence Act (1996)

• The Delta Project [brochure] (2001)

• 3rd Coastal Policy Document (2000) ^{English summary}

• A different approach to water management in the 21st century (2000)

• Parliament progress letter Flood Safety Policy 21st century (2006)

• Government position on flood crisis management (2007)

• Agenda for Integrated Coastal Zone Policy (2002)

• National Spatial Planning Strategy (2005) ^{English / German summary}

• Dutch implementation of EU ICZM recommendation (2005)

• Improvement programme flood crisis management (2006)

• EU sustainability indicators for the NL coast (2006) part 1 / part 2 /

• ICZM in NL: spatial planning and coastal management (2006)

Further reading

Overview

• Coastline Management in the Netherlands (1996)

• Water and sand in balance: evaluation sand nourishments (2002)

• The coast explored / De kust verkend (waterverkenningen 1) (2001)

• Floods, flood management and climate change in the Netherlands (2001)

• Hydraulic and coastal structures in international perspective (2003)

• Dutch national report NSCMG 2007, draft ppt (2007)

• Water management in the Netherlands, facts & figures (2005)

• Understanding flood safety definitions / Begrippen begrijpen (2007)

• Water management in the Netherlands (2009)

Risk Assessment

• Assessment of primary flood defences in NL (2006)

• Flood risk in the Netherlands / FLORIS interim report (2005) full report:

• Risico's in bedijkte termen / dikes and risk hikes (2004) ^{UK summary}

• Facing the threat from the North Sea, a student's final thesis (2004)

• Flood risk in coastal areas in 5 North sea countries (2000)

• Loss of life estimation in flood risk assessment, theory
and applications. Ph D dissertation, TU Delft (2007)

Lessons and guidance

• International comparison of the risk approach to flooding (2007)

• Management of shoreface hazards in the USA. Lessons for NL (2005) /

• Thames estuary 2001 and the 2007 floods. Lessons for NL (2008)

• Perception of flood safety by politicians and decision makers, COT (2004)

• Leidraad Zandige Kust / Guidance for the sandy coast (2002)

• Grondslagen voor Waterkeren / Principles of Flood defence (1998)

• Dike Safety testing instruction (VTV 2004) (VTV 2007)

• Hydraulic Boundary Conditions (2006)

• Guidance for risk management in coastal towns (2005)

Looking back

• Evaluation 3rd Coastal Policy Document (2007)

• Evaluation dynamic coastline maintenance policy (2005)

• What happened in 1953? The big flood in retrospect (2005)

• 15 years of coastal management in the Netherlands (2006)

• 10k years of coastal management (2002) -presentation / part 1 part 2

• An emergency measure for floods / noodverband voor hoogwater (2006)

Looking ahead

• Innovative ideas for the Dutch coast (2004)

• KNMI Climate Change Scenarios for the Netherlands (2006)

• KNMI Inventory of climate scenarios in surrounding countries (2007)

• Climate changes Dutch water management, CPWC (2007)

• A qualitative assessment of climate adaptation options (2007)

• Flood risk as spatial planning challenge, RPB (2007) ^summary

• Quick scan alternative flood safety measures (2007)

• Flood risks in the Netherlands in a changing climate (2007)

• The Netherlands Later (Nederland later), MNP (2007)

• Application of climate scenarios in water management (2007)

• Flood safety and climate resilience in a wider perspective (2007)