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Key documents

• Belgian implementation of EU ICZM recommendation (2005)

• MIRA-T report on climate change, chapter 2 (2006)

• MIRA-T report on flooding, chapter 6 (2006)   

• Climate change in Belgium, irgt-kint (2006)

• MIRA background report, theme: coast & sea (2007)  

• Hydraulic Boundary Conditions, IMDC (2005)


Further reading
  
• Coastal compass / kustkompas (2007)

• West-Flanders, driven by the sea (2007)

• Overview Sigmaplan (2007)

• EIA Sigmaplan (2005)

• MIRA background document on coast & sea (2005)

• Impact of flooding in changing conditions, University of Gent (2006)

• Monitoring, understanding and blocking sea-level rise in Belgium (2005)

• Grow with the sea: natural dynamics against sea level rise (2006)

• Coastal defence and sea level rise in Flanders, presentation (2006)

• Spatial calculation of flood damage and risk ranking (2005)

• Towards a long term vision safety in the Scheldt estuary (2000)

• Flood safety projects & programmes around the Scheldt estuary (2006)

• Comrisk case study flood risk Flanders / Zeeuws Vlaanderen (2005)

• Belgian indicators as guides for ICZM (2006)

• Flood management in Flanders with special focus 
on navigable waterways (2005)

• Flood risk and spatial planning in the Scheldt basin, Scaldit (2005)

• Floris report of dike ring 32: Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, VNK (2005)

• Flanders coastal management, from hard to soft (2007)


Relevant weblinks

Ministry of the Flemish Community
Province of West Flanders
Province of East Flanders
Flemish environmental departement
Waterways and seachannel NV (W&Z)
Port of Antwerp
Municipality of Oostende
The coast looks ahead (iczm campaign)
State of the Environment report (MIRA)
Spatial planning Oostende urban area
Spatial planning in Flanders
Provincial Spatial Structure Plan (PRS)  (map)
Implementation processes of spatial planning Flanders
Sigmaplan
Real time water levels
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
The Coastal Atlas Belgium
The Province of West Flanders
Flemish NGO consortium on sustainable development
Flemish co-ordination point for ICZM
Flemish committee on integrated water management
Flanders Marine Institute
CCI-HYDR: Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology
ADAPT: Towards an integrated policy instrument for flooding
CLIMAR: Impacts of climate change and adaptation of marine activities
Bencore (Belgian network for coastal research)


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