Project
Negotiating uncertainties: defining climate proof freshwater availability in coastal zones
Decisions on infrastructure investments in coastal areas and river deltas are complex because they directly affect the regional economy and ecology. Climate change makes the decision more complicated.
The long-term guarantee of fresh water with increasing salinity risks and climate change are a reason for more and more countries to review water management and land use and associated investment in coastal areas.
The goal is to develop a method that maps the patterns of certainties and uncertainties of the negotiating processes in policy formulation on freshwater availability over the long term.
The challenges arising from climate change on fresh water are surrounded by many uncertainties, while the economic dilemmas are large. The result of this project is a structured approach for dealing with (in)security and its monitoring.
Publicaties
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Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector
Londen : Earthscan - ISBN 9781844076529 - p.
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Governance on distance: distance decay fucntions for use and non-use values in the Netherlands.
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Vraag en aanbod van zoetwater in de Zuidwestelijke Delta: een verkenning. Samenvatting
Utrecht : Kennis voor Klimaat, Programmabureau Kennis voor Klimaat - ISBN 9789490070151 - p.