relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4011/
title: Achieving flood resilience through building with culture: Integrating cultural heritage and flood risk management in the cases of the Stenendijk and Grebbedijk
creator: Nijholt, Rob
description: There is a growing need for the adaptation of cultural heritage, as its preservation is threatened by climate change. The domain of flood risk management can facilitate this adaptation by including ambitions for cultural heritage, as a component of spatial quality, in flood risk management projects. However, achieving this integration remains a governance challenge, as it is unknown how integrative solutions are created in practice. This study has shed light on this issue, by focussing on the policy instruments that are used as the means to achieve the integration of cultural heritage in flood risk management projects. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore how policy instruments can enable the integration of cultural heritage management and flood safety in flood risk management projects. To achieve this aim, a qualitative research strategy has been adopted which involved a comparative case study concerning the projects Stenendijk and Grebbedijk. These flood risk management projects are part of the Dutch dike reinforcement programme (Hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma) and are considered as good practice projects for integrating cultural heritage as part of flood risk management measures. The outcome of this study involves the creation of a conceptual framework which includes the policy instruments that enable the creation of these integrative solutions. Subsequently, this conceptual framework assisted in the comparison of the case studies. As a result of this comparison, recommendations have been made for the improvement of policy instruments based on the lessons learned from the case studies.
date: 2022
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4011/1/pdf%20Masterthesis%20-%20Rob%20Nijholt.pdf
identifier:   Nijholt, Rob  (2022) Achieving flood resilience through building with culture: Integrating cultural heritage and flood risk management in the cases of the Stenendijk and Grebbedijk.  Master thesis.