Creating water robust urban environments in the Netherlands: Linking spatial planning, design and asset management using a three-step approach

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-280

  van de Ven, F H M ^a,b   Gersonius, B ^c   de Graaf, R ^a   Luijendijk, E ^d   Zevenbergen, C ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^d Grontmij Nederland bv ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate impacts; Integrated assessment framework; Vulnerability; Water robust cities

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REDEVELOPMENT; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RENEWAL; VULNERABILITY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 81155148748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2011.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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