Tools for adaptation strategies

Tools for adaptation strategies – Theme 8, Knowledge for Climate research programme

Tools for adaptation strategies aims at improving tools for design and evaluation of adaptation strategies with a special focus on spatial planning and cross cutting issues. Theme 8 focuses on three core elements:

1. tools for formulation of the adaptation task, based on climate scenarios and economic development;
2. tools for development and visualization of adaptation strategies in general and in particular related to hotspots and case study areas of KvK; and
3. evaluation and monitoring tools for assessing adaptation strategies in terms of various indicators such as costs and benefits, side effects, equity issues, efficiency and temporal and spatial scales

The program will contribute to the ongoing planning process in the Netherlands at various levels. The SPINlab will be focussing on Work Package 1 entitled Integrating and downscaling national socio-economic scenarios, which seeks to improve the spatial modeling and the socioeconomic scenarios as such that they can be better used at the regional level. This makes it possible to analyse the adaptation options at the local and regional level in the context of well defined socio-economic scenarios. This is essential for the applications of adaptation options in the hotspots and case study areas.

In order to achieve the goals, the work package is split into two projects: 1) Integrating sector-specific models in a land-use modeling framework, and 2) Incorporating intensity and multiple functionality in the land-use model.

For more information, download the work package and project description from the proposal.

Publications related to Tools for adaptation strategies

	Diogo, V., Koomen, E., Integrating utility-based land-use simulation and local cost-benefit analysis tools to support climate change adaptation and regional development strategies, Abstract and presentation at the Brussels Sustainable Development Summit (BSDS), October 19-20 2015, Brussels, Belgium. 2015.
Springer open access	Koomen, E., Diogo, V., Assessing potential future urban heat island patterns following climate scenarios, socio-economic developments and spatial planning strategies, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2015.
	Rijken, B., Bemmel, B. van, Koomen, E., Sink or swim: exploring the social cost and benefits of water management policies in delta regions in the context of climate change, Abstract and presentation at the 55th ERSA congress, 25-28 August 2015, Lisbon, Portugal. 2015.
Deltas II	Diogo, V., Reidsma, P., Schaap, B., Koomen, E., Analysing climate change impacts on local economic performance of Dutch agricultural systems, Poster P093 presented at Deltas in times of climate change II conference, 24-26 September 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2014.
	Koomen, E., Diogo, V., Assessing future urban heat island patterns following socio-economic and climate scenarios, Poster presented at Deltas in times of climate change II conference, 24-26 September 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2014.
	Koomen, E., Diogo, V., Simulating future changes in the urban heat island effect based on an integration of socio-economic and climate scenarios, Abstract and presentation at Adaptation Frontiers: Conference on European Climate Adaptation Research and Practice, Lisbon 10-12 March, 2014.
Deltas II	Rijken, B., Koomen, E., Simulating land use change to explore sustainable urban renewal strategies in the context of flood risk, Abstract and presentation at Deltas in times of climate change II conference, 24-26 September 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2014.
	Sposito, V., Diogo, V., Faggian, R., Romijn, H., Planning for blue-green infrastructure development at the regional level: A case study in the Gippsland Region, Victoria, Australia, Internal report. University of Melbourne, VU Amsterdam, Gippsland Local Government Network, Melbourne, Australia, 2014.
	van Dijk, B.C., Erop of erover; Introductie op het nieuwe waterveiligheidsbeleid, Bachelor thesis Earth and Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, 2014. Remarks: Evaluated: July 2014 – Supervisor: Vellinga, P. This thesis applies SPINlab output in an assessment of the efficiency of new flood management strategies.
	Diogo, V., Koomen, E., Kuhlman, T., Implementation of an economic valuation module in the Land Use Scanner model. Report for PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency., Amsterdam, 2013.
	Joling, R.J., Adding more detail to Potential Flood Damage Assessment, Bachelor thesis Earth and Economics, VU University Amsterdam, 2013. Remarks: Evaluated: 29 August 2013 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.
	Koomen, E., Hettema, J., Oxenaar, S., Diogo, V., Analysing urban heat island patterns and simulating potential future changes, in: Conference Proceedings of Impacts World 2013, International Conference on Climate Change Effects, Potsdam, Germany, 27-30 May, 2013.
	Olijve, I., Ruimtelijke veranderingen in de glastuinbouw, Bachelor thesis Earth and Economics, VU University Amsterdam, 2013. Remarks: Evaluated: 28 June 2013 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.
	Dekkers, J.E.C., Koomen, E., Jacobs-Crisioni, C.G.W., Rijken, B., Scenario-based projections of future land use in the Netherlands, Spinlab Research Memorandum SL-11, Amsterdam, 2012.
	Jacobs-Crisioni, C.G.W., Geographical analyses of accessibility and urban land-use. Poster presented at Knowledge for Climate Midterm assessment Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 4, 2012, 2012.
	Rijken, B., Koomen, E., Zondag, B., Residential land-use density simulation, in: Paper presented at the workshop on Complexity Modeling for Urban Structure and Dynamics, 15th AGILE international conference on Geographic Information Science, Avignon, France, April 24-27, 2012.
Springer	Dekkers, J.E.C., Rietveld, P., Explaining land-use transition in a segmented land market; potential input for Land Use Scanner. Chapter 9, in: Koomen, E., Borsboom-van Beurden, J. (eds.), Land-use modelling in planning practice. GeoJournal Library Vol. 101, Springer, Dordrecht, 2011.
Presentation	Dekkers, J.E.C., Koomen, E., Jacobs-Crisioni, C.G.W., Koekoek, A., Rijken, B., Grenzen aan stedelijke verdichting; een kwantitatieve verkenning van verdichtingsopties in Haaglanden, in: Abstract voor de PBL-Ruimteconferentie 2011, PBL Ruimteconferentie, Rotterdam, 19 April, 2011.
	Jacobs-Crisioni, C.G.W., De drijvende kracht van mobiliteit, Spinlab Research Memorandum SL-09, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2011.
	Jacobs-Crisioni, C.G.W., Integration of present and future accessibility levels as spatially continuous utility factors in Land Use Scanner, Spinlab Research Memorandum SL-10, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2011.
	Koetse, M., Koomen, E., Koopmans, C., Rietveld, P., Verhagen, W., Klimaatverandering en klimaatonzekerheid in MKBAs, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 2011.
	Koomen, E., Rijken, B., Zondag, B., Simulating residential land-use density, Paper presented at the Complex City Workshop, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 5-6 December, 2011.
	Olsthoorn, J., Koomen, E., Dekkers, J.E.C., Ruimtelijke verkenning Veenkoloniën 2040, Deelrapport Geodan Next, in opdracht van Stuurgroep Agenda voor de Veenkoloniën, Geodan Next, Amsterdam, 2011.
	Walda, H., De invloed van ruimtelijke factoren op krimpregio’s, Bachelor thesis Earth & Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, 2011. Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.