Rainproof Cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning

Due to increasingly frequent incidents of pluvial flooding of public spaces and private properties, climate-adaptive building and urban water management are gaining momentum in Dutch water governance. This study assesses the Dutch approach to urban water management by looking at the governance approaches of three of the largest Dutch municipalities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. By analyzing the municipalities’ governance approaches in a holistic way, paying attention to knowledge, organization and implementation, the research provides good practices in terms of different aspects of resili... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dai, L.
van Rijswick, H.F.M.W.
Wörner, Rebecca
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Climate adaptation / urban planning / governance / rainproof / sponge cities / urban flooding / Netherlands
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29039238
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/382507

Due to increasingly frequent incidents of pluvial flooding of public spaces and private properties, climate-adaptive building and urban water management are gaining momentum in Dutch water governance. This study assesses the Dutch approach to urban water management by looking at the governance approaches of three of the largest Dutch municipalities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. By analyzing the municipalities’ governance approaches in a holistic way, paying attention to knowledge, organization and implementation, the research provides good practices in terms of different aspects of resilience as well as lessons regarding setting performance indicators in service levels, clarifying responsibility division, applying binding rules instead of soft policies, and more.