relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2659/ title: Planning for the forces of nature - The performance of decision-supporting planning instruments in including natural hazard mitigation into the local planning process: the Water Assessment in the Netherlands and the Safety Element in California creator: Verheijen, E. description: j. This research studies the performance of the Dutch water assessment and the Californian safety element. Both planning instruments stimulate local governments to include non-structural natural hazard mitigation into land use planning. Although the overall performance is reasonable, natural hazard mitigation not yet forms a basic part of planning. date: 2007 type: Thesis type: NonPeerReviewed format: text language: en identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2659/1/07063.pdf format: text language: en identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2659/2/07063bijl.pdf identifier: Verheijen, E. (2007) Planning for the forces of nature - The performance of decision-supporting planning instruments in including natural hazard mitigation into the local planning process: the Water Assessment in the Netherlands and the Safety Element in California. Doctoral thesis.