Water and safety
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The level of the sea is rising, rains are stronger and more icewater is flowing down from the Alps. The importance of good flood risk management is becoming more and more important. In the years to come, we will be faced with so much water that technical measures alone, such as raising dikes, will no longer be enough to prevent flooding and minimise damage.
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- Water Management in the Netherlands
- 16 maart 2011
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Having the right amount of water for water users, at the right time, in the right place, and at socially acceptable costs is one of the key targets for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment.
- Netherlands Drought Study
- 2 juni 2009
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Netherlands Drought Study is an integrated survey of water policies for and during periods in which water is scare.
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- VNK 2 projectfolder ENG
- 11 januari 2012
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Brochure, Flood Risk in the Netherlands
- Experiences with storm Xynthia
- 21 oktober 2010
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On the 28th of February 2010 at 2 a.m. the storm Xynthia hit the French Atlantic coast. The storm surge combined with the high tide and large waves caused flood defences to fail along the coastline from the Gironde (Bordeaux) to the Loire Estuary.
- Synergie OSPAR - EU
- 26 april 2007
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Synergies in Asessment and Monitoring between OSPAR and the European Union
