Memoranda Climate Change , Sea Level Rise and Dutch Defense Strategies
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This paper provides a concise evaluation of Dutch defense strategies against the threats of the sea level rise as a consequence of global climate change. A set of (external) event scenarios for sea level rise is described ranging from a modest to a dramatic rise. Next, four different policy response scenarios are presented, while their related costs are confronted with the threats of the event scenarios. It is concluded that seen from a cost-effectiveness approach to various defense strategies the traditional Dutch defense strategy is for the time being the most proper response to the sea level rise.
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