Middelkoop H ,
Asselman NEM ,
Buitenveld H ,
Haasnoot M ,
Kwaad FJPM ,
Kwadijk JCJ ,
Deursen WOA van ,
Dijk PM van ,
Vermulst JAPH ,
Wesseling C
160 p
in Dutch
2001
Toon Nederlands
English Abstract This report gives the extended summary of the project
'The impact of climate change on the river Rhine and the implications for
water management in the Netherlands', carried out within the framework of
the Dutch National Research Programme on Global Air Pollution and Climate
Change (NRP) - phase 2. This report is also a product of the IRMA-SPONGE
project nr. 3/NL/1/164 / 99 15 183 0. The project contributes to the CHR-
research on the Rhine basin. The institutes that collaborated in the
project are the Faculty of Geographical Sciences - Utrecht University,
Institute of Inland Water management and Wastewater Treatment - RIZA and the
Landscape and Environmental Research Group - University of Amsterdam. This
study firstly addressed the effects of changes in climate and land use on
the river regime, including runoff, sediment production, transport and
deposition in the Rhine basin. Secondly, the hydrological, morphological
and ecological effects of soil subsidence, changes in the river regime and
other climate related boundary conditions were investigated for inland water
systems in the Rhine basin part of the Netherlands. This was done on the
basis of a separation in three, connected, sub-systems, i.e. River Rhine
branches, terrestrial areas and lake IJsselmeer. Finally, by combining the
expected impacts with possible measures for adaptation, the vulnerability of
these functions to climate change was assessed.