The Vulnerability of the Netherlands: Past vs. Future, and Zeeland 1953 vs. New Orleans 2005
Curtis and Edith Munson Marine Conservation Lecture Series
Dr. Roelof Stuurman, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience (TNO).
The lecture will focus on the increasing vulnerability of the Dutch coastal zone from historical times. What actions have been taken and what were the positive or negative responses? How do the Dutch protect themselves for climatic change and sea level rise?
The lecture will focus on the increasing vulnerability of the Dutch coastal zone from historical times. What actions have been taken and what were the positive or negative responses? How do the Dutch protect themselves for climatic change and sea level rise?
This is part of a fall weekly lecture series focusing on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and exploring the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River.
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Light refreshments will be served.
Lectures open to the university community and public.
For more information, contact Martha Smith, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems.
Email: martha.smith@yale.edu or
Phone: (203) 432-3026
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Light refreshments will be served.
Lectures open to the university community and public.
For more information, contact Martha Smith, Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems.
Email: martha.smith@yale.edu or
Phone: (203) 432-3026
