This study investigates the short- and long-run impact on population dynamics of the major flood in the Netherlands in … 1953. A dynamic difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the flood had an immediate negative impact on population … growth, but limited long term effects. In contrast, the resulting flood protection programme (Deltaworks), had a persisting …

The focus of this guidance document is decision making under uncertainty in river basin management. Our purpose is to … in the EU should reach a good status4 by 20155. In order to achieve this goal the member states need to set up river … certain goal (this would usually be good status) for the case study river basins. Thereby we put a special focus on …