This book presents climate adaptation and flood risk problems and solutions in coastal cities – including an independent investigation of adaptation paths and problems in Rotterdam, New York and Jakarta. The comparison draws out lessons that each city can learn from the others.

While the main focus is on coastal flooding, cities are also affected by climate change in other ways, including impacts that occur away from the coast. The New York City Water Supply System, for example, stretches as far as 120 miles upstate, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has undertaken extensive climate assessment not only for its coastal facilities, but also for its upstate facilities, which will be affected by rising temperatures, droughts, inland flooding and water quality changes.

The authors examine key questions, such as: Are current city plans climate proof or do we need to finetune our ongoing investments? Can we develop a flood proof subway system? Can we develop new infrastructure in such a way that it serves flood protection, housing and natural values?

Preface

1: Introduction

2: Global impacts of sea level rise on coastal cities

3: Socio-Economic Scenarios in climate adaptation studies

4: Vulnerability of port infrastructure for the Port of Rotterdam

5: Storm surge modelling

6: Flood risk modelling

7: Climate Resilient Waterfronts

8: Innovative flood defenses in highly urbanized watercities

9. Climate-resilient waterfront development and Insurance in New York City

10: Navigable Storm Surge Barriers for coastal cities; an overview and comparison

12: Governance of Climate Change in Coastal Cities: The example of Hong Kong

13: Climate Adaptation in New York City

14: Climate adaptation in the City of Jakarta

15: Climate adaptation in the City of Rotterdam

Index


Preface

1: Introduction
Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wouter Botzen, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Malcolm Bowman, Stony Brook University New York, USA
Philip Ward, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Piet Dircke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

2: Global impacts of sea level rise on coastal cities
Susan Hanson and Robert Nicholls, University of Southampton, UK

3: Socio-Economic Scenarios in climate adaptation studies
Susan van t Klooster, Michiel van Drunen, Eric Koomen, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

4: Vulnerability of port infrastructure for the Port of Rotterdam
A. J. (Joost) Lansen, Royal Haskoning, Coastal and Rivers Division, Rotterdam
S.N. (Bas) Jonkman, Royal Haskoning, Coastal and Rivers Division, Rotterdam, Delft University, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Section of Hydraulic Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

5: Storm surge modelling
Malcolm Bowman, Stony Brook University New York, USA
Brian Colle, Stony Brook University New York, USA
Hamish Bowman, University of Otago, New Zealand

6: Flood risk modelling
Jennifer.K. Poussin, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Philip. J. Ward, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Philip Bubeck, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Lidia Gaslikova, University of Bern, Switzerland
Aurel Schwerzmann, Swiss RE, New York, USA
Christoph.C. Raible, University of Bern, Switzerland

7: Climate Resilient Waterfronts
Kristina Hill, University of Virginia, USA

8: Innovative flood defenses in highly urbanized watercities
Bianca Stalenberg, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands.

9. Climate-resilient waterfront development and Insurance in New York City
Wouter Botzen and Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

10: Navigable Storm Surge Barriers for coastal cities; an overview and comparison
Piet Dircke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands?
Tom Jongeling, Deltares, The Netherlands
Peter Jansen, Rijkswaterstaat, Department of Infrastructure, The Netherlands

11: Stakeholder participation methods: Backcasting
Susan van t Klooster, Pieter Pauw and Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

12: Governance of Climate Change in Coastal Cities: The example of Hong Kong
Maria Francesch-Huidobro, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong
13: Climate Adaptation in New York City
David C. Major, Columbia University, New York City, USA
Vivien Gornitz, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), USA
Radley Horton, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), USA
Daniel Bader, Columbia University, New York City, USA
William Solecki, Department of Geography, City University of New York-Hunter College, USA
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), USA

14: Climate adaptation in the City of Jakarta
Philip J. Ward1, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Muh Aris Marfai2, Faculty of Geography, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Poerbandono, R. 3, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
Edvin Aldrian, Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia

15: Climate adaptation in the City of Rotterdam
Piet Dircke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands?
Arnoud Molenaar, City of Rotterdam
Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Index


Preface

1: Introduction

2: Global impacts of sea level rise on coastal cities

3: Socio-Economic Scenarios in climate adaptation studies

4: Vulnerability of port infrastructure for the Port of Rotterdam

5: Storm surge modelling

6: Flood risk modelling

7: Climate Resilient Waterfronts

8: Innovative flood defenses in highly urbanized watercities

9. Climate-resilient waterfront development and Insurance in New York City

10: Navigable Storm Surge Barriers for coastal cities; an overview and comparison
Preface

1: Introduction

2: Global impacts of sea level rise on coastal cities

3: Socio-Economic Scenarios in climate adaptation studies

4: Vulnerability of port infrastructure for the Port of Rotterdam

5: Storm surge modelling

6: Flood risk modelling

7: Climate Resilient Waterfronts

8: Innovative flood defenses in highly urbanized watercities

9. Climate-resilient waterfront development and Insurance in New York City

10: Navigable Storm Surge Barriers for coastal cities; an overview and comparison

12: Governance of Climate Change in Coastal Cities: The example of Hong Kong

13: Climate Adaptation in New York City

14: Climate adaptation in the City of Jakarta

15: Climate adaptation in the City of Rotterdam

Index


Preface

1: Introduction
Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Wouter Botzen, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Malcolm Bowman, Stony Brook University New York, USA
Philip Ward, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Piet Dircke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

2: Global impacts of sea level rise on coastal cities
Susan Hanson and Robert Nicholls, University of Southampton, UK

3: Socio-Economic Scenarios in climate adaptation studies
Susan van t Klooster, Michiel van Drunen, Eric Koomen, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

4: Vulnerability of port infrastructure for the Port of Rotterdam
A. J. (Joost) Lansen, Royal Haskoning, Coastal and Rivers Division, Rotterdam
S.N. (Bas) Jonkman, Royal Haskoning, Coastal and Rivers Division, Rotterdam, Delft University, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Section of Hydraulic Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

5: Storm surge modelling
Malcolm Bowman, Stony Brook University New York, USA
Brian Colle, Stony Brook University New York, USA
Hamish Bowman, University of Otago, New Zealand

6: Flood risk modelling
Jennifer.K. Poussin, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Philip. J. Ward, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Philip Bubeck, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Lidia Gaslikova, University of Bern, Switzerland
Aurel Schwerzmann, Swiss RE, New York, USA
Christoph.C. Raible, University of Bern, Switzerland

7: Climate Resilient Waterfronts
Kristina Hill, University of Virginia, USA

8: Innovative flood defenses in highly urbanized watercities
Bianca Stalenberg, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands.

9. Climate-resilient waterfront development and Insurance in New York City
Wouter Botzen and Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

10: Navigable Storm Surge Barriers for coastal cities; an overview and comparison
Piet Dircke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands?
Tom Jongeling, Deltares, The Netherlands
Peter Jansen, Rijkswaterstaat, Department of Infrastructure, The Netherlands

11: Stakeholder participation methods: Backcasting
Susan van t Klooster, Pieter Pauw and Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

12: Governance of Climate Change in Coastal Cities: The example of Hong Kong
Maria Francesch-Huidobro, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong
13: Climate Adaptation in New York City
David C. Major, Columbia University, New York City, USA
Vivien Gornitz, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), USA
Radley Horton, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), USA
Daniel Bader, Columbia University, New York City, USA
William Solecki, Department of Geography, City University of New York-Hunter College, USA
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), USA

14: Climate adaptation in the City of Jakarta
Philip J. Ward1, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Muh Aris Marfai2, Faculty of Geography, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Poerbandono, R. 3, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
Edvin Aldrian, Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG), Jakarta, Indonesia

15: Climate adaptation in the City of Rotterdam
Piet Dircke, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands?
Arnoud Molenaar, City of Rotterdam
Jeroen Aerts, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Index