%L theses_frw3150
%D 2019
%A G.J. Koers
%X Climate change impacts are expected to cause potentially more pluvial flooding in Dutch urban areas. Therefore, local Dutch governmental stakeholders (municipalities, water boards, provinces) and private stakeholders (e.g. citizens) need to change the urban spatial design in order to make it more climate adaptive. This thesis looks at the contribution that climate information has to their decision-making process regarding other influencing factors to enhance the urban pluvial flood resilience of these areas. The results show that climate information has a mostly signalling function within the decision-making process, whereas cost-effectiveness of measures, political awareness/willingness, local circumstances and spatial (re)development are more leading influences that determine choices regarding spatial measures that enhance urban pluvial flood resilience. Additionally, the research found out that the way climate information is presented to different stakeholders also affects its ability to transfer this information so that it is fully understood and/or useable by the receiving stakeholder.
%T Climate information - A potential stepping stone towards enhancing urban pluvial flood resilience?