Flood protection and Climate Adaptation in Cities
NAP Expo, Bonn April 15, 2015
Piet Dircke
Global Director Water Management
The 20th century was the century
of nations. The 21st century will
be the century of cities.
• New Orleans New York
Rotterdam
Source: Rode Delta’s
2050: majority of world population lives in Coastal Cities
Jakarta
Shanghai
Coastal Cities: Driving the World Economy
More People are at Risk from Flooding
Imagine the result
Opportunities in urban climate adaptation & flood resiliency
•Sustainable urban water management
•Multifunctional flood protection & economic development
•Living with water & building with nature
•Community resiliency
•Sustainable urban water fronts, linear parks
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The Netherlands: half of the country
vulnerable to flood risk
Total Vulnerable
to flooding
Surface
Area
41.528 km² 55%
Inhabitants 16,8 million 60%
GNP 700 billion
US$
65%
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The Netherlands:
Centuries of land reclamation
Sea level rise and land subsidence
Imagine the result
First Dutch Delta Plan
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2
Imagine the result
The delta under pressure: future
challenges
Sealevel rise
35-85 cm/100y‫‏‬
More /extreme
storms?
More/intense
rainfall
Spatial
developments
Increased
erosion
Subsidence
10 cm/100yr
Salt
intrusion
Decreased
river
discharge
- 60%
Increased
river
discharge
+ 10%
Imagine the result
Dutch Delta Plan II:
•Adapting to climate change
•Sea level rise
•Future challenges
•National systems approach
•Living with Water
•Building with Nature
•Room for the River
•Long term 2100 - 2200
Multi-layer approach to flood risk prevention
and climate adaptation
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Dutch Best Practice: Delay - Store - Discharge
Multiple Lines of Defense
Integrated approach:
Multiple Layers of Defense
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2
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Outer Layer of Defense (Regional)
– Larger, engineered solutions
Middle Layer of Defense
– Connecting “transition” zone
Inner Layer of Defense (Local)
- Smaller-scale solutions
- Smart Planning
- Green Infrastructure
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Source, NYT:
How to Think Like The Dutch in a Post Sandy World
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Towards Integration
and Collaboration
15 april 2015 Titel van de presentatie
LARGEST PORT OF EUROPE THREE WATERBOARDS
40 KM HARBOUR 612.000 INHABITANTS
2800 KM SEWER SYSTEM 400 KM CANALS + 1000 PUMPING
STATIONS
ROTTERDAM 2014 ROTTERDAM 1652
Regio Rotterdam: kwetsbaar
precipitation
Groundwater
Threats coming from 4 directions
Climate change and water challenges
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WATER CHALLENGES ROTTERDAM
WATER OPPORTUNITIES ROTTERDAM:
QUALITY IN PUBLIC SPACE
ROTTERDAM
APPROACH
100% climate proof
in 2025
+
attractive and
economically
strong city
+
holistic approach
+
LT Vision =>
ST Actionplan
ROTTERDAM ADAPTATION
STRATEGY
ROBUST
SYSTEM
UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE
UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE
URBAN FLOODPLAIN
GREEN ROOFS FOR AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
Water Plaza
Water Plaza
MORE SPACE FOR WATER
KWS (NL)Benelux Flood Defence System
Rotterdam revitalized waterfront and floating pavilion
Rotterdam Revitalized Waterfront & Floating Pavilion
Rotterdam Multipurpose Urban Dikes Concept
KWS (NL)Benelux Flood Defence System
Beach Resort Scheveningen: Dike-under-Boulevard concept
New Orleans, USA
Flooded city by Hurricane Katrina in aug. 2005
New Orleans
West Closure Complex New Orleans
IHNC storm surge barrier New Orleans
A Safe city – but were is the water ?
New Orleans Dutch Dialogues
INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Rio Tiete Linear Parks Sao Paulo
design sessions
Miami South Florida Resilient Redesign
Room for the LA River
SF Mission Bay
Adapting to Rising Tides
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Temporary flood resiliency proofing
Verizon downtown buildings
Imagine the result
Critical Facilities: NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation
Coler Hospital – Roosevelt Island
Bellevue Hospital
Metropolitan Hospital
Coney Island Hospital
Imagine the result
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Bellevue Hospital Emergency Department
Elevated Emergency
Department and Critical
Infrastructure
$280 Million
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Bay Park WWTP, Southern Nassau County
Perimeter Protection and
Elevated Critical Infrastructure
$830 Million
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New York MTA Flood Protection and Resiliency (USA)
Perimeter Protection and
Elevated Critical Infrastructure
$830 Million
Restore New York City’s subway system to pre-Sandy
conditions and protect it against future storms. Flood
resilient designs for subway stations, tunnels, bus depots
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Different Solutions for NYCT
Vent Covers
Watertight Manholes
Conduit Seals
Floodproof Door
KWS (NL)Benelux Flood Defence System
NYC Manhattan Seaport City
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Southern Manhattan Multi-Purpose Levee
BIG U – Manhattan
Flip Down Deployables
Elevated Landscapes
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Jakarta
Urgency: Pluit sea wall 18 October 2013
• more than 4 million people almost unprotected against floods
• Ports, industries, fisheries, infrastructure, power plants culture
• Sustained land subsidence: risk increases by the day
• Land below mean sea level 1990
77
In 1990 only 12% of
North Jakarta was
below sea level
• Land below mean sea level 2010
78
In 2010 already 58% of
North Jakarta was below
sea level
• Land below mean sea level 2030
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In 2030 more than 90%
of North Jakarta will be
below sea level
Jakarta Long-term flood prevention plan
• Pumping stations
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Jakarta NCICD Masterplan
Imagine the result
NCICD Solutions: short-medium-long
term
Accelerated sewerage and
waste water treatment
Slowed down subsidence:
piped water supply
Upgraded existing
sea wall and pumps
Large waduk
(pumping lake)
Outer Sea Wall and
land reclamation
Tangerang-Bekasi
Highway
Mainport expansion
Future
Airport
Thank you!!

NAP Expo 2015 Session IX Flood risks in a changing climate