TY - THES UR - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2659/ A1 - Verheijen, E. AV - public M1 - doctoral TI - 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 ID - theses_frw2659 N2 - 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. Y1 - 2007/// ER -