RESEARCH REPORT ON EXAMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE FIELD OF FLOOD CONTROL IN THE NETHERLANDS (2^ND REPORT)

Abstract

This report focuses on the Netherlands in which consistent efforts are under progress, including concrete climate change adaptation measures such as infrastructure development improvement in flood control projects. In order to grasp the progress from examination history to latest trends, we conducted a document survey and we invited Dutch government officials and experts of flood risk assessment to Japan for interviews and exchange of opinions. As a result, we got several new findings that give important implications when we consider climate change forecasts and adaptation measures in Japan such as estimation of flood risk, setting of societal tolerance for loss of life, cost-benefit analysis considering climate change, relative comparison of the risks of various disasters, crises and threats, and so on.