Water Resilient Cities - Piet Dircke

WATER RESILIENT CITIES Creating climate and water resilient cities

Breakout Session “Water Resilient Cities” Amsterdam, June 21rst 2019

Piet Dircke Global Solution Leader Resilience & Water Management

Successful urban water resilience •

Investing in flood protection

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Business continuity

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Undisrupted public services

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Including private stakeholders

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Multifunctional solutions

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Integrated, multilayered approach

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Community based

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Ecosystem based

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Digital

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A Safe city – but were is the water ?

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New York City Resilience after Hurricane Sandy Critical Facilities: flood proofing Hospitals, Subways, tunnels, water treatment plants, telecom, and more

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Roofpark Urban Multifunctional Dike

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Water Plaza Frederiksplein

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ZOHO: First Climate Proof District Building a resilient neighbourhood with the community

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Building with Nature – ecosystems based solutions

Restoration & accelerated growth Mangroves – Semarang Indonesia

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Digital: Resilient Pathway & BART £15.000.000 £10.000.000 £5.000.000 £-

Biodiversity Water retention

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Health effects Additional consumer expenditure

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Improving quality of life.

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