The Netherlands: 30 years of nature based coastal adaptation
Webinar
This webinar is part of the Coastal Adaptation Webinar Series
Dutch experience with beaches and dunes as coastal natural and nature based features for flood risk management
The webinar will first give a perspective on Dutch coastal adaptation from a governance perspective. This introduction sets the context and highlights the specificities of a well consolidated multi-level process, before sharpening the focus on dunes and beaches. In the Netherlands, a coastline maintenance policy was implemented in the 1990’s to combat erosion, with sand nourishments as the primary means. As a result, the Dutch coast is one of the most heavily nourished coasts globally with an average of 12 mln. m3 that is annually added to the coastline of only 432 km for dynamic coastline conservation.
The Dutch nourishment approach has evolved over the past 35 years and our speakers recently reported on the lessons learned regarding the nourishment design. Furthermore, they evaluated the cumulative effects of these nourishments against the overarching goals of the coastal policy. Overall, the approach of coastline maintenance with regular proactive nourishments has proven to be successful.
Our esteemed speakers for the webinar are:
Dr. Quirijn Lodder:- Principal Advisor Coastal Flood Risk Management, Rijkswaterstaat – Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Netherlands)
Dr. Evelien Brand: Technical Lead Coastline Maintenance, Rijkswaterstaat – Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Netherlands)
Flavio Besana: Regional Director PEERS Northern Europe
