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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| author | E. Stouthamer G. Erkens G. Erkens K. Cohen D. Hegger P. Driessen H. P. Weikard M. Hefting R. Hanssen P. Fokker J. van den Akker F. Groothuijse M. van Rijswick |
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| description | <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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| spelling | doaj.art-1c71c9e1985347688d4a8706b0de47052022-12-21T23:58:01ZengCopernicus PublicationsProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences2199-89812199-899X2020-04-0138281581910.5194/piahs-382-815-2020Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and societyE. Stouthamer0G. Erkens1G. Erkens2K. Cohen3D. Hegger4P. Driessen5H. P. Weikard6M. Hefting7R. Hanssen8P. Fokker9J. van den Akker10F. Groothuijse11M. van Rijswick12Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the NetherlandsDeltares Research Institute, Daltonlaan 600, 3584 BK Utrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the NetherlandsCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the NetherlandsCopernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, 3584 CB Utrecht, the NetherlandsDepartment of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsDepartment of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, the NetherlandsFaculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, the NetherlandsTNO-Geological Survey of The Netherlands, Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, the NetherlandsWageningen Environmental Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, the NetherlandsUtrecht University, Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Newtonlaan 201, 3584 BH Utrecht, the NetherlandsUtrecht University, Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law, Newtonlaan 201, 3584 BH Utrecht, the Netherlands<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>https://www.proc-iahs.net/382/815/2020/piahs-382-815-2020.pdf |
| spellingShingle | E. Stouthamer G. Erkens G. Erkens K. Cohen D. Hegger P. Driessen H. P. Weikard M. Hefting R. Hanssen P. Fokker J. van den Akker F. Groothuijse M. van Rijswick Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| title | Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society |
| title_full | Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society |
| title_fullStr | Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society |
| title_short | Dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence: Living on soft soils – subsidence and society |
| title_sort | dutch national scientific research program on land subsidence living on soft soils subsidence and society |
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