Integrated flood risk management in practice

Integrated solutions, combining flood safety with other societal needs, are a response to the need for more sustainable and flexible flood risk management. Pilot projects of these innovative measures are currently being implemented at multiple locations in the Rhine-Meuse delta. Researchers at the Water, Climate and Future Deltas hub conducted technical and legal research concerning the Room for the River project, dikes and their forelands. 

Infographic research to flood risk management in the Netherlands
Research areas of the Water, Climate and Future Deltas hub in Dutch flood risk management. Credits: Ton Markus

With an interdisciplinary approach, researchers at the Water, Climate and Future Deltas hub explore the barriers and opportunities for integrated flood risk management in the Rhine-Meuse delta and other deltas worldwide. 

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