Project News Impact of climate change on engineered slopes for infrastructure Esch, dr.ir. J. van, and Sman, ir. H.T. (2012). Impact of climate change on engineered slopes for infrastructure; computer model, Deltares report. Knowledge for Climate, theme 5, Tuesday 15 May 2012 Newsletter Theme 8 Decision Support Tools Thema 8 Newsletter Decision Support Tools (2012). Issue 3, May 2012 with o.a. upcoming activities, updates projectnews. Kennis voor Klimaat, thema 8, Thursday 10 May 2012 Synthesis report: Attention to Safety 2 This study demonstrates a method for producing probalistic estimates of flood risks under climate change focussing on two casestudies of the Rhine: Bonn-Duisburg, Mainz-Koblenz. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project A20, Tuesday 1 May 2012 Landscape prerequisites for the survival of a modelled metapopulation and its neutral genetic diversity are affected by climate change Cobben M.P.M., J. Verboom, P.F.M. Opdam, R.F. Hoekstra, R. Jochem, M.J.M. Smulders (2012). Landscape prerequisites for the survival of a modelled metapopulation and its neutral genetic diversity are affected by climate change. Landscape Ecology (2012), 27:227–237, DOI 10.1007/s10980-011-9676-1. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project A02, Tuesday 10 April 2012 Quantifying water and salt fluxes in a lowland polder catchment P. G. B. de Louw (Deltares), Y. van der Velde and S. E. A. T. M. van der Zee (Wageningen UR) (2011). Quantifying water and salt fluxes in a lowland polder catchment dominated by boil seepage: a probabilistic end-member mixing approach, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 2101–2117, 2011, doi:10.5194/hess-15-2101-2011. Knowledge for Climate, Theme 2 Climate Proof Fresh Water Supply, Tuesday 10 April 2012 Synthesis report ME06: Spatial decision support for management of Dutch fen meadows After reaching the limits of technical instruments adaptation and spatial planning have become increasingly interrelated. As a result land use change plays a central role in the development of adaptation strategies. In this synthesis report the use of the interactive mapping device (the ‘Touch table’) is described. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project ME06, Monday 26 March 2012 Synthesis report A07: ACER: developing Adaptive Capacity to Extreme events in the Rhine basin Water managers in the Rhine basin are increasingly confronted with information on the impact of climate change and climate variability on the discharge regime of their river system. The river Rhine has a long history of flooding events that caused casualties and severe damage. The question remains whether measures that are currently implemented upstream in Germany have either positive or negative effects on peak water levels downstream. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project A07, Monday 26 March 2012 Synthesis report ME05: The effect of the spatial arrangement of wetlands on water quality improvement and carbon sequestration The synthesis report describes research into the interaction between nutrient dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in Dutch peat polders. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project ME05, Monday 12 March 2012 Normative principles of adaptation. Shifts in defining the public interest and the role of principles with regard to adaptation to climate change Rijswick, H.F.M.W. van, Wiering, M.A., Gilissen, H.K., Morales, I., Thorp, T. & Keessen, A. (2011). Normative principles of adaptation. Shifts in defining the public interest and the role of principles with regard to adaptation to climate change. Knowledge for Climate, Theme 7 Governance, Wednesday 7 March 2012 Synthesis report: The impact of aerosols on regional climate The magnitude of the regional first Aerosol Indirect forcing Effect (AIE) was addressed. This is the increase in reflectivity of clouds due to manmade aerosol. Two approaches were followed: 1) modelling using generic knowledge on the interaction of aerosol and cloud, and 2) an experimental study on the importance of a specific regional aerosol, viz. ammonium nitrate. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project CS04, Wednesday 29 February 2012 12NextLast