Changing Flood Preparation in the Netherlands

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Changing Flood Preparation in the Netherlands
Moving from flood prevention to flood
resistance Charles Clear
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Netherlands

• 25 below average sea level
• 60 below high tide average sea level

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Rising Precipitation

• With a continued increase in rainfall in Europe
  flooding will increase

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Polders

• Polders are areas that have been made dry that
  would otherwise be wet and so can easily be
  flooded intentionally or otherwise.

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Floating Houses

• Having houses that float solves the problem of
  having to evacuate people from a polder or other
  area that will be flooded.