Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society
<p>In the Netherlands land subsidence is a continuously ongoing process. Consequently, an increasing number of people and economic assets are exposed to subsidence, damage costs are soaring, and flood risk and greenhouse gas emissions are increasing. In some areas tipping points have already b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.proc-iahs.net/382/815/2020/piahs-382-815-2020.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>In the Netherlands land subsidence is a continuously ongoing
process. Consequently, an increasing number of people and economic assets
are exposed to subsidence, damage costs are soaring, and flood risk and
greenhouse gas emissions are increasing. In some areas tipping points have
already been reached, where current land-use can no longer be maintained
without considerable costs, underlining the urgency to take action.</p>
<p>Together with a consortium consisting of universities, research institutes,
governmental agencies, public and private partners we have developed a
national, multidisciplinary research programme aiming to develop an
integrative approach to achieve feasible, legitimate and sustainable
solutions for managing the negative societal effects of land subsidence,
connecting fundamental research on subsidence processes to socio-economic
impact of subsidence and to governance and legal framework design.</p>
<p>The program is designed to co-create insights that help to effectively
mitigate and adapt to subsidence within the Netherlands by making major
improvements in measuring and modeling the processes and consequences of
subsidence, identifying, developing and critically evaluating control
measures and designing governance and legal approaches that facilitate their
implementation. Hereto we will develop (a) new satellite-based technology to
measure, attribute and monitor subsidence, (b) solid understanding of the
interacting multiple processes contributing to total subsidence, (c) sophisticated physical and economic numerical models to predict
human-induced subsidence rates and impacts, and (d) implementation strategies
that go beyond technical measures, to strengthen governance and financing
capacities as well as legal frameworks. This fully integrated approach deals
with all impacts of land subsidence on society and the economy.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2199-8981 2199-899X |