Rotterdam: A City and a Mainport on the Edge of a Delta

Han Meyer, Anne Loes Nillesen and Wil Zonneveld

European Planning Studies, 2011, vol. 20, issue 1, 71-94

Abstract: Within Europe, Rotterdam is by far the largest port and supplier of fossil energy sources. City and port have a “sandwich” position in the low lands between a sea with a rising level and rivers with increasing peak discharges. It is certainly no exaggeration to say that sustainability forms a matter of life or death for Rotterdam as a Delta City. The question of a sustainable Rotterdam or not is related to the following issues: (1) water management (preventing hazards; the restoration of the estuary; salinization); (2) urban renewal; (3) the spatial and climate footprint of the ever-growing port and (4) energy transition. Currently all these issues are dealt with largely independently of one another. For a genuinely sustainable future, linkages have to be made between strategies, projects and actors.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.638498

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