Sustainability 06/02/2009
Posted by rosshunter on June 1, 2009
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The Dutch strive to make their country ‘climate proof’ – NYTimes.com
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“Can we actually save the Netherlands? Or should we abandon part of the country?” This is the basic question Dutch leaders were asking themselves within the context of global warming after witnessing Hurricane Katrina’s devastating blow to New Orleans in 2005.
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“We learned here that you need a definite source of funding and a master plan,” added Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson, president of the New Orleans City Council. “The Dutch have built a Delta Fund and a Delta Program, and we need to do the same thing.”
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In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, which aims to be “100 percent climate proof” by 2025 — but where traditional solutions such as creating new canals or strengthening levees do not suffice — the municipality is working on alternative solutions such as underground water storage to catch stormwater, subsidies for residents wishing to install green roofs, or water plazas built in such a way that they can serve as playgrounds in dry weather and as basins for storing water during heavy rainstorms.
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