The Dutch's experiments with floating buildings and coastal protection can serve to guide Southeast Asia’s bid to battle rising tides.
The Dutch's experiments with floating buildings and coastal protection can serve to guide Southeast Asia’s bid to battle rising tides.
In 1991, it cost the Dutch government almost €500 million to build the storm surge barrier, and another €10 million a year to maintain the structure. “When sea levels increase, we have to adjust systems. It's okay for now, but you have to look out for the future. We are already planning what that will be for the year 2100.”
“People think with climate change and sea level rise that they have plenty of time,” said Tjitte Nauta, regional manager for Asia and Oceania at Dutch applied knowledge institute Deltares. In Indonesia, sea level rise has a profound negative impact on large swathes of low-lying peatland used for oil palm production.
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