HSDR02: Combining spatial claims of land use functions and adaptive strategies to climate change in densely populated rural areas
This project is a participative reconnaissance study aiming to explore the possibilities of multifunctional land use as an instrument for climate change adaptation strategies in sandy rural regions, especially in the province of Noord-Brabant. Guiding principle is the limited space available for land use changes in rural areas. Whilst spatial claims of current land use functions are already high, implementation of adaptive strategies to climate change will increase spatial claims even further, e.g. water conservation or water retention areas are space consuming.
Multifunctional land use planning is proposed as a possible solution to combine the various spatial claims in sandy rural regions. This novel concept truly integrates beta and gamma science on a practical level. The following results of the study are envisaged:
1. Analysis of practical approaches combining (multifunctional) land use planning and climate adaptation strategies, in the Netherlands and abroad;
2. Identification of critical success and failure factors for multifunctional land use planning as an instrument for climate change adaptive strategies;
3. Recommendations and ToR for pilot project(s) on adaptive strategies to cope with hydrological extremes (droughts or floods), based on the concept of multifunctional land use.