TOWARDS ROBUST INCLUSIVE FLOOD RESILIENCE STRATEGIES

Bastien van Veen

+62 812 8531 4096
bastienvanveen@yahoo.com
 The Netherlands: over 2000 years experience with flood protection
After each flood event, dykes were built or reinforced

Source: https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/waterbeheer/bescherming-tegen-het-water/waterkeringen/dijken

2
Flood Risk Management

RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY

$ flood
Flood Risk Management

RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY

$ flood

INFRASTRUCTURAL
• Dykes and drains
• Wide rivers
• Nature-based
RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
Flood Resilience
Climate change: hazards may increase, and some flood events may be inevitable

Damage

shock time shock time

shock time shock time

RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
RISK HAZARD EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY
Climate Change: integrated climate adaptation strategies to improve flood resilience
Infrastructural measures alone is insufficient

COMMUNITY
• Awareness raising
• UD-Collaboration
• Early assistance
• Social insurance

INFRASTRUCTURAL
• Dykes and drains
• Wide rivers
• Nature-based

NON-STRUCTURAL
• Maintenance
• Spatial planning
• Early warning
• Green & blue belts

13
Towards robust inclusive flood resilience strategies
Collaborate, start small, start with a pilot in a small but representative catchment

start with a pilot 14

THANK YOU!

Bastien van Veen

+62 812 8531 4096
bastienvanveen@yahoo.com