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The strategies will be evaluated as to how they mitigate extreme events and lower risk (probability * damage) in especially the NiederRhein area at the border of Germany and the Netherlands.
The ACER project is funded by the Climate Changes Spatial Planning programma (BSIK - KvR): . For more information and an overview of publications: http://www.adaptation.nl/- ACER . and http://www.climateresearchnetherlands.nl/.
Period: 2005 - 2010
Budget: 3.2 MEuro
Parners: NL: Deltares, Institute for Enviromental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Institute for Earth Sciences VU University Amsterdam, TU Delft, Future Water, KNMI, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. Germany: Seecon GmBh , Universitat Osnabrueck.
The PhD thesis by Aline te Linde, entitled 'Rhine at risk?: Impact of climate change on low-probability floods in the Rhine basin and the effectiveness of flood management measures', is one of the deliverables of the ACER project. It can be downloaded from: http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/19453