Retrofitting of urban areas: climate proof for the same cost

Jeroen Kluck, L. Kleerekoper, Floris Boogaard, Jonathan Tipping

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    Abstract

    Due to climate change the frequency of extreme precipitation is set to increase. To reduce the risk of damage, Dutch municipalities will need to retrofit the urban areas in a climate resilient (CR) way. To justify this investment, they need evidence for the possibilities of CR urban street designs and insight into the costs. For characteristic Dutch typologies of urban residential areas we have investigated how to retrofit the urban area. For 10 cases we designed alternatives of street lay-outs and determined the life cycle costs and benefits. This showed that most flat Dutch urban typologies can easily be retrofitted in a CR way without additional costs (compared to the standard designs).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages720-724
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2017
    Event14th IWA/IAHR international conference on urban drainage (ICUD) - Praque, Czech Republic
    Duration: 10 Sept 201715 Sept 2017

    Conference

    Conference14th IWA/IAHR international conference on urban drainage (ICUD)
    Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
    CityPraque
    Period10/09/1715/09/17

    Keywords

    • climate adaptation
    • water management
    • urban typologies

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