Established and recent policy arrangements for river management in The Netherlands: an analysis of discourses

I. Immink

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Abstract

After water levels in The Netherlands reached a near-critical level in 1995, a new discourse for managing the lower Rhine basin was introduced into debates about river management. This discourse, called `Room for the river¿, introduces a new management strategy in which the river is given more room (i.e. land adjacent to the main course of the river is made available for flooding) in order to reduce the risk of flooding.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrom landscape research to landscape planning : aspects of integration, education and application : proceedings of the Frontis workshop, 1-6 June, 2004
EditorsB. Tress
Place of PublicationWageningen
Pages387-404
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Publication series

NameWageningen UR Frontis series
PublisherWageningen UR, Frontis
NumberVol. 12

Keywords

  • catchment hydrology
  • flood control
  • water management
  • rivers

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