Gönnert, G., Graßl, H., Kelletat, D., Kunz, H., Probst, B., von Storch, H ...

GÖNNERT, G./ GRASSL, H./ KELLETAT, D./ KUNZ, H. / PROBST, B./ VON STORCH, H. / SÜNDERMANN, J.
"Klimaänderung und Küstenschutz"
- SP2 Strategic planning: improved risk
assessment and strategic planning tools
for coastal risk management
- SP3 Perception and participation: methods
to improve public perception of and
participation in coastal risk management
- SP4 Performance: improved approaches
and indicators to establish the performance
of risk management measures
- SP5 Boundary conditions: improved
approaches to establish the hydraulic
boundary conditions for technical measures
- SP6-9 Pilot studies Flanders, Ribe, Lincolnshire
and Langeoog: risk assessment
for different coastal flood units
This paper will deal with preliminary results of SP1, “Policies and strategies for coastal risk management”.
The final results of the project as a whole and of the individual subprojects will be presented at
the final conference to be held 18-20 April 2005 in Kiel, Germany.
COMRISK subproject 1
On behalf of the Dutch National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management / RIKZ, a consortium
of KPMG Strategy Economics, Atos KPMG Consulting and TU Delft has carried out SP1. The following
specific objectives have been formulated for SP1:
- To provide a comprehensive analytical framework as a tool to properly assess the policies and
strategies.
- An inventory of different levels (strategic, institutional, instrumental and operational) of coastal
risk management in present national policies of the 5 countries in the North Sea region, involved
in the COMRISK project.
- An assessment of the present national policies in terms of legal, social, technical, financial,
socio-economic, ecological and managerial aspects (including the ICZM-principles for sustainability).
2 Methodology
Fig. 2: Outline of the COMRISK project
In SP1, the strategies and policies of the countries involved have been inventoried and assessed. For a
proper assessment of policies and strategies, a sound methodology is needed. In the project, a methodology
has been worked out in the form of an analytical framework for looking at coastal flood risk
management policies.
A distinction in the framework between the context and policy has been made. In the context elements
are present that are important to the governments of the regions. The government has to manage
within this context and cannot directly influence this. Choices are made in the elements of the policy,
including the setting of goals (a strategic element).
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