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A concise history of Dutch river floods
Based on a brief account of 1,000 years of river floods and flood management in the Dutch Rhine delta, it is argued that vulnerability to river floods depends on the complex interaction of economics, institutions, politics and, to a limited extent, climate. Response functions and thresholds for climate change impacts should take this complexity into account rather than assuming society to be constant or evolving in a straightforward manner.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Climatic ChangeISSN
0165-0009Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
Issue
3Volume
46Page range
357-369Department affiliated with
- Economics Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes