Overview of challenges and achievements in the climate adaptation of cities and in the Climate Proof Cities program

Albers, R.; Bösch, Peter; Blocken, Bje Bert; Dobbelsteen, Andy van den; Hove, L.W.A. van; Spit, Tejo; Ven, F.H.M. Van de; Hooff, T. van; Rovers, V.

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.09.006

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“…Given the wide spectrum of interests involved in the governance of rainproof cities and the fact that improving urban resilience requires knowledge from different disciplines (Albers et al, 2015), a multidisciplinary approach has been adopted. This combines classical legal research, which involves the study of primary and secondary legal sources (legislation, case law, policy documents and analysis and the commentary thereon), and nine semi-structured in-depth expert interviews.…”

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“…Heavy rainfall causes large-scale economic damage. This is due not only to the destruction of buildings and their interiors (Albers et al, 2015), but also to secondary economic damage that may occur through power, data and telecom cuts as well as business and traffic interruption and other implications such as the under-performance of public infrastructure (Runhaar et al, 2016).…”

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Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning

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2017

International Journal of Water Resources Development

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b utrecht centre for Water, oceans and sustainability law, faculty of law, economics and Governance, utrecht university, the netherlands; c utrecht university school of law, the netherlands ABSTRACT Due to increasingly frequent incidents of pluvial flooding of public spaces and private properties, climate-adaptive building and urban water management are gaining momentum in Dutch water governance. This study assesses the Dutch approach to urban water management by looking at the governance approaches of three of the largest Dutch municipalities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. By analyzing the municipalities' governance approaches in a holistic way, paying attention to knowledge, organization and implementation, the research provides good practices in terms of different aspects of resilience as well as lessons regarding setting performance indicators in service levels, clarifying responsibility division, applying binding rules instead of soft policies, and more.

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Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning

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2017

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“…Climate Proof Cities (CPC) is a consortium of universities, research institutes, policy makers and city officials that aims at performing basic and applied research on climate adaptation of urban areas [81]. It includes case studies for several locations in the Netherlands.…”

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CFD simulation and validation of urban microclimate: A case study for Bergpolder Zuid, Rotterdam

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“…As a consequence, adaptation to climate change is considered necessary by many policy-makers and scholars, particularly in policy sectors such as critical infrastructure, agriculture, public health and urban planning (Wamsler 2014;Albers et al 2015;Wamsler and Pauleit 2016). In order to do so, policy-makers and planners basically have two options, which are mutually supportive: mainstreaming (integrating) climate change adaptation objectives into existing sectoral policies and practices, or the Bdedicated approach^: developing stand-alone adaptation policies and programmes (Wamsler 2014;Dewulf et al 2015).…”

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Mainstreaming climate adaptation: taking stock about “what works” from empirical research worldwide

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Adaptation to a changing climate is unavoidable. Mainstreaming climate adaptation objectives into existing policies, as opposed to developing dedicated adaptation policy, is widely advocated for public action. However, knowledge on what makes mainstreaming effective is scarce and fragmented. Against this background, this paper takes stock of peer-reviewed empirical analyses of climate adaptation mainstreaming, in order to assess current achievements and identify the critical factors that render mainstreaming effective. The results show that although in most cases adaptation policy outputs are identified, only in a minority of cases this translates into policy outcomes. This Bimplementation gap^is most strongly seen in developing countries. However, when it comes to the effectiveness of outcomes, we found no difference across countries. We conclude that more explicit definitions and unified frameworks for adaptation mainstreaming research are required to allow for future research syntheses and well-informed policy recommendations.

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Overview of challenges and achievements in the climate adaptation of cities and in the Climate Proof Cities program

Cited by 62 publications

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Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning

Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning

CFD simulation and validation of urban microclimate: A case study for Bergpolder Zuid, Rotterdam

Mainstreaming climate adaptation: taking stock about “what works” from empirical research worldwide

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