Integrating Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges in Local Planning
Year of publication
2017
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate- and/or disaster-related events
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
Northern Europe
Region
Northern Europe
Macro-region
Europe
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C
Planning-related measures are often linked to requirements, such as the compulsory assessment of storm surge hazard, including future sea level rise, minimum flood construction levels and being able to document sufficient protection against wave impact and water intrusion. In a longer-term perspective, rezoning enables the relocation of infrastructure from increasingly flood-prone areas.
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Municipal engineering measures include elevating roadbeds, designing buildings/structures that tolerate water intrusion, relocating houses, installing check valves to prevent backflow and moving electrical installations above the flood zone.
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