Transcript Rotterdam - TURaS Cities

TURAS WP4 case study: Rotterdam
VU Amsterdam: Hans de Moel, Elco Koks, Marthe Derkzen, Peter Verburg, Jeroen Aerts
Municipality Rotterdam: Nick van Barneveld, Anne Weeda
Rotterdam
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~600,000 inhabitants
~1.3 million in
Rijnmond area
Protected by barrier
and dikes
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Rotterdam
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Largest harbour in Europe
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Infrastructural hub: ‘Gateway to Europe’
Soruce: Port authority of Rotterdam webiste
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Rotterdam
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Largest harbour in Europe
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Infrastructural hub: ‘Gateway to Europe’
5,5m
4,5m
Source elevation data: AHN
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3,5m
Rotterdam
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Economy
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Commerce
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Services
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Construction
DP-RD, 2011
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Future challenges – socio-economic change
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Population growth up to 2040, can go in various directions from there
DP-RD, 2011
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Future challenges – climatic change
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Extremer extremes
KNMI, 2006
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Future challenges
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Socio-economic change and climate change will put extra pressure on
the urban area. Many consequences:
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Increasing flood hazard (river/sea/rain)
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Increasing flood exposure
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Increased heat stress
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Possible deterioration of living environment
Demand for ways to cope with these issues.
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Issues linked in many cases:
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Development of unembanked areas should be sustainable in
terms of flood risk and living environment.
Smart measures can have double edged effects
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TURAS Work
Two themes
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Adaptation to flood risks (task 4.2)
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Urban planning (task 4.3)
Flood risk track has started a little earlier, so some work has
already been done there
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Progress
Improving flood risk assessments
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Planning
Adaptation to flood risks
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Evaluate costs and benefits of various types of measures
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In unembanked areas
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For local flooding from regional water system
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Similar exercise in New York
ODPM,
Scotland,
2004
Aerts et al., in review
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Planning
Adaptation to flood risks
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Improve flood risk assessments, special focus on:
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Industrial/port areas
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Indirect effects: business interruption and supply-chain
disruption
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Criticial infrastructure (e.g. energy/water supply)
De Kort, 2012
Thailand, 2011
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Planning
Urban planning –> adapt to climate change by optimizing
green/blue space and related urban ecosystem services
TEEB, 2010
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Planning
Urban planning –> adapt to climate change by optimizing
green/blue space and related urban ecosystem services
TEEB, 2010
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Planning
Urban planning
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Determine the spatial distribution of supply and demand for a range of
urban ES, including:
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Recreation
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Aesthetics of the living environment
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Local climate regulation
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Water provision
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Planning
Urban planning
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Quantify social and monetary values attached to ES
Evaluate alternative scenarios of sustainable city development in
terms of possibilities to supply the demand for ES
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E.g. Large green spaces around the city versus inner-city green spaces
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Planning
Discussion points
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Which urban services?
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Which scale (city or district)?
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Second case study city for urban services?
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Link to flood risk research Ljubljana? (and/or other TURAS
cities)
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