Interactions between water and land in The Netherlands |
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Authors: | Ronald E Waterman Robbert Misdorp Arie Mol |
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Institution: | (1) Government of the Province of South Holland, Zuid-Hollandplein 1, P.O. Box 90602, 2509 LP The Hague, The Netherlands;(2) Coastal Zone Management Centre, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, P.O. Box 20907, 2500 EX The Hague, The Netherlands;(3) Arcadis Bouw Infra, Gevers Deynootweg 93, P.O. Box 84319, 2508 AH The Hague, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The Netherlands are one of the most densely populated coastal countries in the world and there is only limited space for living,
working, transport and recreation, while there is also the need to preserve and expand valuable natural habitats. In order
to solve many existing and future conflicts of interest, and in order to create ‘added value’, strategies are developed to
optimize the use of water-land systems.
The principle of ‘building with nature’ is applied in order to integrate land in sea and water in land in such a way that
future generations will be able to use coastal resources in a sustainable way, including a minimal effort to maintain the
coastline and the promotion of a multiple-use system.
The concept of Integrated multifunctional sustainable coastal zone development is introduced. This concept deals with a balanced
approach to the lack of space for present and future coastal uses in relation to each other, to the hinterland, and to the
sea. Flexible master plans are developed, taking into account many functions of the coastal zone, and facilitating adaptation
to future developments—e.g. impacts of climate change and relative sea level rise. In this regard increasing the flexibility
of the coastal zone is of vital importance.
Large-scale coastal land reclamations in The Netherlands are dealt with, based on two different principles: (1) polder systems
(low lying land reclamations surrounded and protected by dikes), (2) systems of ‘building with nature’—land reclamation protected
by man-made foreshores, beaches and dunes. In the latter type new flexible dynamic-equilibrium coasts are created for many
functions, while coastal vulnerability is reduced and a flexible coast is developed. |
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Keywords: | Building with nature Coastal zone Integrated approach Multifunctional sustainability Landreclamation Polder |
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