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• Adaptive Planning for Resilient Coastal Waterfronts

  Peter Christiaan van Veelen

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  Many delta and coastal cities worldwide face increasing flood risk due to changing climate conditions and sea level rise. The question is how to develop measures and strategies for existing urban coastal areas that can anticipate these slowly changing conditions, such as gradually increasing sea levels and extreme river discharges.

  There is growing recognition that the increasing vulnerability of urbanised delta and coastal cities is strongly related to urbanisation, changing...