Building with Nature: In search of resilient storm surge protection strategies

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1461-1480

  van Slobbe, E ^a   de Vriend, H J ^b   Aarninkhof, S ^c   Lulofs, K ^d   de Vries, M ^e   Dircke, P ^f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EcoShape Foundation/Royal Boskalis   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^f ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Building with Nature; Coastal maintenance; Ecosystem services; Sea level rise; Storm surge protection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STORM SURGE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84876896568     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0612-3     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Aarninkhof SGJ, van Dalfsen JA, Mulder JPM, Rijks D (2010) Sustainable development of nourished shorelines. Innovations in project design and realisation. PIANC MMX Congress, Liverpool, UK. http://www. dredging. org/documents/ceda/downloads/cec-best-paper-2010-sustainable_development_of_nourished_coastlines_innovations_in_project_design__realisation_aarn. pdf. Accessed 16 July 2012.
2. Adger WN, Hughes TP, Folke C, Carpenter SR, Rockström J (2005) Social-ecological resilience to coastal disasters. Science 309(5737): 1036-1039. doi: 10. 1126/science. 1112122.
3. Aerts J, Botzen W, Bowman MJ, Ward J, Dircke P (2011) Climate adaptation and flood risk in coastal cities. Earthscan, London.
4. Airoldi L, Abbiati M, Beck MW, Hawkins SJ, Jonsson PR, Martin D, Moschella PS, Sundelo A, Thompson RC, Äberg P (2005) An ecological perspective on the deployment and design of low-crested and other hard coastal defence structures. Coastal Eng 52: 1073-1087. doi: 10. 1016/j. coastaleng. 2005. 09. 007.
5. Beets DJ, van der Valk L, Stive MJF (1992) Holocene evolution of the coast of Holland. Marine Geol 103: 423-443.
6. Berkes F, Folke C (eds) (1998) Linking social and ecological systems: management practices and social mechanisms for building resilience. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
7. Bijker WE (2002) The Oosterschelde storm surge barrier: a test case for Dutch water technology, management, and politics. Technol Cult 43(3): 569-584.
8. Blackmore C, Ison R, Jiggins J (eds) (2007) Social learning: an alternative policy instrument for managing in the context of Europe's water. Environ Sci Policy (special issue) 10/6: 493-586.
9. Borsje B, van Wesenbeeck BK, Dekker F, Paalvast P, Boumab TJ, van Katwijk MM, de Vries MB (2011) How ecological engineering can serve in coastal protection. Ecol Eng 37(2): 113-122. doi: 10. 1016/j. ecoleng. 2010. 11. 027.
10. Bridges TS, Walker J (2011) Presentation: Engineering with Nature. US Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston, South Carolina. http://el. erdc. usace. army. mil/workshops/11Sept-EWN/Bridges_EWN-Charleston%202011. pdf. Accessed 7 July 2012.
11. Costanza R, d'Arge R, de Groot R, Farber S, Grasso M, Hannon B, Limburg K, Naeem S, O'Neill RV, Paruelo J, Raskin RG, Sutton P, van den Belt M (1997) The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387: 253-260.
12. Costanza R, Mitsch WJ, Day JW (2006) A new vision for new Orleans and the Mississippi delta: applying ecological economics and ecological engineering. Front Ecol Environ 4(9): 465-472.
13. Costanza R, Pérez-Maqueo O, Martinez ML, Sutton P, Anderson SJ, Mulder K (2008) The value of coastal wetlands for hurricane protection. Ambio: A J Human Environ 37(4): 241-248. doi: 10. 1579/0044-7447(2008)37[241: TVOCWF]2. 0. CO; 2.
14. De Bruijn KM (2005) Resilience and flood risk management: a system approach to lowland rivers. Delft University of Technology, Dissertation.
15. De Ronde JG, Mulder JPM, Spanhoff R (2003) Morphological Developments and Coastal Zone Management in the Netherlands. International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts, Hangzhou, China, 9-11 November 2003. http://www. irtces. org/pdf-hekou/005. pdf. Accessed 1 May 2012.
16. De Ruig JHM (1998) Coastline management in the Netherlands: human use versus natural dynamics. J Coastal Conserv 4: 127-134.
17. De Vriend HJ (2004) The Eastern Scheldt barrier: environmentally friendly engineering? In: Camena MM (ed) Ponencias y Communicaciones, II Congreso Internacional de Ingenería Civil, Territorio y Medio Ambiente. Collegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid, Spain. http://www. docstoc. com/docs/22963140/The-Eastern-Scheldt-barrier-Environmentally-friendly-engineering. Accessed 1 May 2012.
18. Denys L (2003) Environmental changes in man-made coastal dune pools since 1850 as indicated by sedimentary and epiphytic diatom assemblages (Belgium). Aquatic Conserv Marine Freshw Ecosyst 13: 191-211. doi: 10. 1002/aqc. 581.
19. European Commission (1992) Council directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. Official J L 206: 7-50. http://eur-lex. europa. eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ. do?uri=CELEX: 31992L0043: EN: HTML. Accessed 16 July 2012.
20. European Environment Agency (2006) The changing faces of Europe's coastal areas. EEA report no 6. EEA, Copenhagen/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
21. Farber S (1987) The value of coastal wetlands for protection of property against hurricane wind damage. J. Environ Econ Manag 14: 143-151.
22. Farber S, Costanza R, Childers DL, Erickson J, Gross K, Grove M, Hopkinson CS, Kahn S, Pincetl S, Troy A, Warren P, Wilson M (2006) Linking ecology and economics for ecosystem management. Bioscience 56(2): 117-129.
23. Fiselier J (ed) (2010) Projectnota/MER. Aanleg en zandwinning Zandmotor Delflandse kust (Sand Engine Delfland coast: project plan and assessment of the environmental impact report). DHV BV, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. http://www. dezandmotor. nl/uploads/2011/03/mer-hoofdrapport-zandmotor-mer. pdf. Assessed 16 July 2012.
24. French PW (2006) Managed realignment: the developing story of a comparatively new approach to soft engineering. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 67: 409-423.
25. Funtowicz S, Ravetz J, O'Connor M (1998) Challenges in the use of science for sustainable development. Int J Sustain Dev 1(1): 99-107.
26. Gedan KB, Kirwan ML, Wolanski E, Barbier EB, Silliman BR (2011) The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm. Climatic Change 106: 7-29. doi: 10. 1007/s10584-010-0003-7.
27. Granek EF, Polasky S, Kappel CV, Reed DJ, Stoms DM, Koch EM, Kennedy CJ, Cramer LA, Hacker SD, Barbier EB, Aswani S, Ruckelshaus M, Perillo GME, Silliman BR, Muthiga Y, Bael D, Wolanski E (2009) Ecosystem services as a common language for coastal ecosystem-based management. Conserv Biol 24(1): 207-216. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1523-1739. 2009. 01355. x.
28. Gunderson L, Holling CS (2001) Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Island Press, Washington, DC.
29. Holling CS (1998) Adaptive environmental assessment and management. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
30. IPCC (2012) Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation. In Field CB, Barros V, Stocker TF, Qin D, Dokken DJ, Ebi KL, Mastrandrea MD, Mach KJ, Plattner GK, Allen SK, Tignor M, Midgley PM (eds) Special report of working groups I and II of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
31. Janssen GM, Kleef H, Mulder S, Tydeman P (2008) A pilot assessment of the depth related distribution of macrofauna in the surf zone along the Dutch coast and its implications for coastal management. Marine Ecol 29(1): 186-194.
32. Kabat P, Fresco LO, Stive MJF, Veerman C, van Alphen JSLJ, Parmet BWAH, Hazeleger W, Katsman CA (2009) Dutch coasts in transition. Nat Geosci 2: 450-452. doi: 10. 1038/ngeo572.
33. Kamphuis JW (2006) Coastal engineering-quo vadis? Coastal Eng 53: 133-140.
34. McHarg I (1995) Design with nature. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
35. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) Ecosystems and human well-being, current state and trends, vol 1. Island Press, Washington, DC.
36. Misdorp R (ed) (2011) Climate of coastal cooperation. European Coastal and Marine Union (EUCC), Leiden, The Netherlands.
37. Mitsch WJ, Jørgensen SE (2004) Ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration. Wiley, New York.
38. Moberg F, Rönnbäck P (2003) Ecosystem services of the tropical seascape: interactions, substitutions and restoration. Ocean Coast Manag 46: 27-46.
39. Mulder S, Raadschelders EW, Cleveringa J (2005) Een verkenning van de natuurbeschermingswet in relatie tot kustlijnzorg. De effecten van zandsuppleties op de ecologie van strand en onderwateroever. Report no. 2005. 004, RWS RIKZ, The Hague, The Netherlands.
40. National Research Council (1995) Beach nourishment and protection. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
41. Pahl-Wostl C (2002) Towards sustainability in the water sector-the importance of human actors and processes of social learning. Aquat Sci 64: 394-411.
42. PIANC (2011) Working with Nature. Position paper, World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, Brussels, Belgium. http://www. pianc. org/wwnpositionpaper. php. Accessed 28 September 2011.
43. Rijkswaterstaat (2011) Kustlijnkaarten 2012. Korte beschrijving van de toetsingsresultaten. Rijkswaterstaat, The Hague, The Netherlands. http://www. rijkswaterstaat. nl/images/Korte%20beschrijving%20van%20de%20toetsingsresultaten%202012_tcm174-313401. pdf. Accessed May 2012.
44. Scheffer M (2009) Critical transitions in nature and society. Princeton studies in complexity. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
45. Shi C, Hutchinson SM, Yu L, Xu S (2001) Towards a sustainable coast: an integrated coastal zone management framework for Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Ocean Coast Manag 44: 411-427.
46. Smits AJM, Nienhuis PH, Saeijs HLF (2006) Changing estuaries, changing views. Hydrobiologia 565: 339-355.
47. Sterl A, van den Brink H, de Vries H, Haarsma R, van Meijgaard E (2009) An ensemble study of extreme North Sea storm surges in a changing climate. Ocean Sci 5: 369-378.
48. Stive MJF, De Vriend HJ (1995) Modelling shoreface profile evolution. Marine Geol 126: 235-248.
49. Strauss D, Tomlinson D, Hunt S (2009) Profile response and dispersion of beach nourishment: gold coast. Aust J Coastal Res SI 56: 133-137.
50. Syvitski JPM, Kettner AJ, Overeem I, Hutton EWH, Hannon MT, Brakenridge GR, Day J, Vörösmarty C, Saito Y, Giosan L, Nicholls RJ (2009) Sinking deltas due to human activities. Nat Geosci 2: 681-686. doi: 10. 1038/ngeo629.
51. Tonnon PK, van der Werf J, Mulder J (2009) Morfologische berekeningen MER Zandmotor. Deltares. Delft, The Netherlands.
52. Turner RK et al (2007) A cost-benefit appraisal of coastal managed realignment policy. Global Environ Change Human Policy Dimens 17(3-4): 397-407.
53. van der Brugge R, Rotmans J, Loorbach D (2005) The transition in Dutch water management. Reg Environ Change 5: 164-176. doi: 10. 1007/s10113-004-0086-7.
54. van Koningsveld M, Mulder JPM, Stive MJF, van Der Valk L, van Der Weck AW (2008) Living with sea-level rise and climate change: a case study of The Netherlands. J Coastal Res 242: 367-379. doi: http://dx. doi. org/10. 2112/07A-0010. 1.
55. van Slobbe E, Lulofs K (2011) Implementing 'Building with Nature' in complex governance situations. Terra et Aqua 124: 16-23. http://www. terra-et-aqua. com/index. php?option=com_docman& Itemid=46. Accessed 26 September 2011.
56. Vandenbruwaene W, Maris T et al (2011) Sedimentation and response to sea-level rise of a restored marsh with reduced tidal exchange: comparison with a natural tidal marsh. Geomorphology 130(3/4): 115-126.
57. Vellinga P, Katsman CA, Sterl A, Beersma JJ, Hazeleger W, Church J, Kopp R, Kroon D, Oppenheimer M, Plag HP, Rahmstorf S, Lowe J, Ridley J, von Storch H, Vaughan D, van de Wal R, Weisse R, Kwadijk J, Lammersen R, Marinova N (2009) Exploring high-end climate change. Scenarios for flood protection of The Netherlands. WR 2009-05. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands.
58. Walker B, Holling CS, Carpenter SR, Kinzig A (2004) Resilience, adaptability and transformability in social-ecological systems. Ecol Soc 9/2: 5. http://www. ecologyandsociety. org/vol9/iss2/art5/. Accessed 1 May 2012.
59. Wals AEJ (ed) (2007) Social learning towards a sustainable world. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
60. Walstra DJR, Cohen AB, Aarninkhof S, Koningsveld M (2006) Onderwater suppleties-ontwerprichtlijnen. Report Z4099. Deltares, Delft, The Netherlands.
61. Waterman RE (2008) Integrated coastal policy via Building with Nature. Opmeer Drukkerij, The Hague, The Netherlands.