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Using adaptation tipping points to prepare for climate change and sea level rise: a case study in the Netherlands by Jaap C. J. Kwadijk; Marjolijn Haasnoot; Jan P. M. Mulder; Marco M. C. Hoogvliet; Ad B. M. Jeuken; Rob A. A. van der Krogt; Niels G. C. van Oostrom; Harry A. Schelfhout; Emiel H. van Velzen; Harold van Waveren; Marcel J. M. de Wit is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract Studies on the impact of climate change and sea level rise usually take climate scenarios as their starting point. To support long‐term water management planning in the Netherlands, we carried out a study that started at the opposite end of the effect chain. In the study we refer to three aspects of water management, flood defense, drinking water supply, and protection of the Rotterdam Harbour. We examined whether, and for how long, current water management strategies will continue to be effective under different climate change scenarios. We did this by applying the concept of ‘adaptation tipping points’, and reached it if the magnitude of change is such that the current management strategy can no longer meet its objectives. Beyond the tipping points, an alternative adaptive strategy is needed. By applying this approach, the following basic questions of decision makers are answered: __what__ are the first issues that we will face as a result of climate change and __when__ can we expect this. The results show, for instance, that climate change and the rise in sea level are more likely to cause a threat to the fresh water supply in the west of the Netherlands than floodin
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- Author
- Jaap C. J. Kwadijk; Marjolijn Haasnoot; Jan P. M. Mulder; Marco M. C. Hoogvliet; Ad B. M. Jeuken; Rob A. A. van der Krogt; Niels G. C. van Oostrom; Harry A. Schelfhout; Emiel H. van Velzen; Harold van Waveren; Marcel J. M. de Wit
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1757-7780)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)