As sea levels rise, our familiar methods of protection against the water are increasingly revealing their limitations. The book ‘Ruimte voor meegroeien met zeespiegelstijging’ brings together scientific articles, personal experiences, essays and artistic contributions that offer a fresh perspective on how we deal with sea-level rise, and how we can work together with nature and the people who live and work in the deltas.
The collection was published on 30 October and is available free of charge to download from the ARK Rewilding online shop.
Contributors include HZ researchers such as Wietse van de Lageweg and Teun Terpstra, Jim van Belzen of the NIOZ and Albert Klein Tank, director of the Delta Climate Centre.
The collection was published on 30 October and is available free of charge to download from the ARK Rewilding online shop. Contributors include HZ researchers such as Wietse van de Lageweg and Teun Terpstra, Jim van Belzen of the NIOZ – who edited the book – and Albert Klein Tank, director of the Delta Climate Centre.
Working in harmony with natural processes
The central theme of the book is that we must work in harmony with the natural processes that have been shaping our landscape for thousands of years.
The book is published by the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), ARK Rewilding Netherlands and the Delta Climate Centre. “Rising sea levels and climate disruption are placing ever-greater demands on our delta, on nature and on the people who live there,” says Van Belzen, the initiator of the project. “Growing Together is a quest for a society that once again fits within the carrying capacity of both people and nature. Water safety is not up for debate, but it only becomes a compelling narrative if it does not come at the expense of nature and the people.”