Integrated business cases: a more sustainable living environment and profit in one.The 21st century brings major challenges: the weather is becoming more extreme, sea levels are rising, biodiversity is declining and the quality of life in our cities is under pressure. Governments, companies and...

Thinking in terms of future values shows that one investment creates opportunities for a subsequent one. Consecutive investments and the accumulation of future values offer possibilities for multiple financing and can boost the quality of the living environment in an area. This paper shows how...

An embankment that serves as flood defence, road and tidal energy plant at the same time. These three goals are combined, and together share the means of the embankment. They link the interests of water safety, transport and renewable energy. This book gives dozens of comparable examples of...

English version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2435295' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2435295Dutch Abstract: de combinatie van weg en dijk bespaart kosten, en genereert tegelijkertijd nieuwe bronnen van inkomsten. Als gevolg hoeft de functie van waterkering geen extra risico...

Dutch version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2435297 The combination of road and dike can save costs and, at the same time, generate new sources of revenue. The damming function of the dike does not need to be compromised as a result; in the Netherlands and elsewhere...

This paper describes Interactive Business Case Approach (IBCA) in a participatory planning setting concerning multifunctional land use, as an instrument for climate adaptation strategies. Multifunctional land use is an solution to optimize the use of scare spatial resources, especially in...