Room for the River programme

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The Room for the River programme is a Dutch flood-management and spatial planning initiative that redesigns river landscapes to safely accommodate higher water levels while enhancing environmental quality and livability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood management programme
spatial planning programme
aim improve environmental quality
improve landscape quality
improve livability in river areas
improve spatial quality
increase river discharge capacity
reduce flood risk
appliesTo IJssel River NERFINISHED
Lek River NERFINISHED
Maas River NERFINISHED
Rhine River NERFINISHED
Waal River NERFINISHED
coordinatedBy Dutch national government NERFINISHED
Rijkswaterstaat NERFINISHED
country Netherlands
designedFor climate change adaptation
higher peak river discharges
endTime 2019
fundedBy Dutch national budget
hasPart Deventer floodplain lowering
Kampen IJssel delta project
Nijmegen-Lent river widening project NERFINISHED
Noordwaard depoldering NERFINISHED
Overdiepse Polder depoldering NERFINISHED
Zaltbommel floodplain projects
implementedIn Netherlands NERFINISHED
inception after 1993 and 1995 Rhine floods
integrates nature development objectives
recreation objectives
urban development objectives
water safety objectives
languageOfName Dutch
legislativeBasis PKB Ruimte voor de Rivier NERFINISHED
mainSubject flood risk management
river engineering
spatial planning
maximumDesignDischarge 16000 m3/s at Lobith
nativeLabel Ruimte voor de Rivier NERFINISHED
notableProject creation of the Spiegelwaal side channel at Nijmegen
promotesConcept giving rivers more room
replacedApproach exclusive reliance on dike raising
startTime 2006
usesMethod creation of retention areas
depoldering
dike relocation
dike strengthening
floodplain lowering
obstacle removal in floodplains
side channel construction

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North Sea coast of the Netherlands governedBy Room for the River programme