Search Results - "van Rijswick, Helena F M W"

Governance Strategies for Improving Flood Resilience in the Face of Climate Change by Driessen, Peter, Hegger, Dries, Kundzewicz, Zbigniew, van Rijswick, Helena, Crabbé, Ann, Larrue, Corinne, Matczak, Piotr, Pettersson, Maria, Priest, Sally, Suykens, Cathy, Raadgever, Gerrit, Wiering, Mark

“…Flooding is the most common of all natural disasters and accounts for large numbers of casualties and a high amount of economic damage worldwide. To be ‘flood…”
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Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward? by Hegger, Dries L. T., Driessen, Peter P. J., Wiering, Mark, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W., Matczak, Piotr, Crabbé, Ann, Raadgever, G. Tom, Bakker, Marloes H. N., Priest, Sally J., Larrue, Corinne, Ek, Kristina

“…European countries face increasing flood risks because of urbanization, increase of exposure and damage potential, and the effects of climate change. In…”
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Assessing Stability and Dynamics in Flood Risk Governance : An Empirically Illustrated Research Approach by Hegger, Dries L. T, Driessen, Peter P. J, Dieperink, Carel, Wiering, Mark, Raadgever, G. T. Tom, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W

“…European urban agglomerations face increasing flood risks due to urbanization and the effects of climate change. These risks are addressed at European,…”
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Improving the Water Quality Monitoring System in the Yangtze River Basin—Legal Suggestions to the Implementation of the Yangtze River Protection Law by Qiu, Qiu, Dai, Liping, Van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Tu, Gang

“…The Yangtze River Basin is the largest river basin in China and has the most complex trans-boundary problems. The water quality monitoring system of the…”
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The Concept of Resilience from a Normative Perspective: Examples from Dutch Adaptation Strategies by Keessen, Andrea M., Hamer, Jurrien M., Van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Wiering, Mark

“…Both in academic literature and political practice, resilience is becoming a central evaluative concept for assessing climate adaptation policies. This makes…”
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The Role of Social-Ecological Resilience in Coastal Zone Management: A Comparative Law Approach to Three Coastal Nations by Garmestani, Ahjond, Craig, Robin K, Gilissen, Herman Kasper, McDonald, Jan, Soininen, Niko, van Doorn-Hoekveld, Willemijn J, van Rijswick, Helena F M W

“…Around the globe, coastal communities are increasingly coping with changing environmental conditions as a result of climate change and ocean acidification,…”
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Untapped capacity for resilience in environmental law by Garmestani, Ahjond, Ruhl, J. B., Chaffin, Brian C., Craig, Robin K., van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Angeler, David G., Folke, Carl, Gunderson, Lance, Twidwell, Dirac, Allen, Craig R.

“…Over the past several decades, environmental governance has made substantial progress in addressing environmental change, but emerging environmental problems…”
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Governance of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study by Dai, Liping, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Driessen, Peter P. J., Keessen, Andrea M.

“…In 2015, China's national government initiated a Sponge City Programme to address its urban flood issues. A sponge city is a city built around the concept of…”
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Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water governance to climate-adaptive urban planning by Dai, Liping, Wörner, Rebecca, van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W.

“…Due to increasingly frequent incidents of pluvial flooding of public spaces and private properties, climate-adaptive building and urban water management are…”
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Toward more resilient flood risk governance by Driessen, Peter P. J., Hegger, Dries L. T., Bakker, Marloes H. N., van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.

“…Countries all over the world face increasing flood risks because of urbanization and the effects of climate change. In Europe, flooding is the most common of…”
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A framework for reviewing laws and policies for climate resilience: the case of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta by Du, Haomiao, Dang, Kim Khoi, Nguyen, Hong Quan, van Rijswick, Helena F.M.W

“…This article proposes a framework for reviewing to what extent laws and policies of a legal system support climate resilience. This article adopts the…”
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Governance Conditions for Improving Quality Drinking Water Resources: the Need for Enhancing Connectivity by Wuijts, Susanne, Driessen, Peter P. J., Van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W.

“…Realising the water quality objectives of the European Water Framework Directive have appeared to stagnate over the last decade all across Europe because of…”
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Governance conditions to overcome the challenges of realizing safe urban bathing water sites by Wuijts, Susanne, Friederichs, Lieke, Hin, Judith A., Schets, Franciska M., Van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Driessen, Peter P. J.

“…This study aims to identify governance conditions to realize urban bathing water sites using case study material from two cities in the Netherlands. Urban…”
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EU Water Governance: Striking the Right Balance between Regulatory Flexibility and Enforcement? by Green, Olivia O., Garmestani, Ahjond S., van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Keessen, Andrea M.

“…Considering the challenges and threats currently facing water management and the exacerbation of uncertainty by climate change, the need for flexible yet…”
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An ecological perspective on a river's rights: a recipe for more effective water quality governance? by Wuijts, Susanne, Beekman, Jappe, van der Wal, Bas, Suykens, Cathy, Driessen, Peter P. J., Van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W.

“…In several countries, the transfer of legal rights to rivers is being discussed as an approach for more effective water resources management. But what could…”
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Ten Commandments for Sustainable, Safe, and W/Healthy Sandy Coasts Facing Global Change by Silva, Rodolfo, Oumeraci, Hocine, Martínez, M. Luisa, Chávez, Valeria, Lithgow, Debora, van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I., van Rijswick, Helena F. M. W., Bouma, Tjeerd J.

“…Sandy coasts represent about one-third of the global coastline and are among the most valuable and most vulnerable areas for humans and many other species…”
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Moving forward to achieve the ambitions of the European Water Framework Directive: Lessons learned from the Netherlands by Wuijts, Susanne, Van Rijswick, Helena FMW, Driessen, Peter PJ, Runhaar, Hens AC

“…The restoration and preservation of freshwater ecosystems is one of the prerequisites for a sustainable and fair future for all and therefore part of the…”
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Enriching the concept of solution space for climate adaptation by unfolding legal and governance dimensions by Du, Haomiao, Triyanti, Annisa, Hegger, Dries L.T., Gilissen, Herman Kasper, Driessen, Peter P.J., van Rijswick, Helena F.M.W.

“…Conspicuous interdisciplinary effort has been spent on addressing the consequences of climate change in a forward-looking way. The concept of solution space is…”
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The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries by Priest, Sally J., Suykens, Cathy, Van Rijswick, Helena F.M.W., Schellenberger, Thomas, Goytia, Susana, Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W., van Doorn-Hoekveld, Willemijn J., Beyers, Jean-Christophe, Homewood, Stephen

“…Diversity in flood risk management approaches is often considered to be a strength. However, in some national settings, and especially for transboundary…”
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Clarifying and strengthening the role of law and governance in climate scenario frameworks by Triyanti, Annisa, Du, Haomiao, Hegger, Dries L.T., Driessen, Peter P.J., van Rijswick, Helena F.M.W., Scown, Murray, Gilissen, Herman Kasper

“…Shared socio-economic pathways (SSPs) and shared policy assumptions (SPAs) are lauded as a common basis for climate scenario research across disciplines, yet…”
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