Water as Leverage - Wadden Sea Region

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Water as Leverage for Climate Adaptation: Wadden Sea Region Harlingen Context Gateway to the Wad For more than five centuries, Harlingen has been the biggest harbour city in the province of Fryslân. With its strategic position at the coast of the Wadden Sea it was historically an important node between Fryslân and overseas places such as England, France, the Mediterranean Sea and so on. Harlingen has become a spot where knowledge and skills meet, thanks to the many people and innovations that intertwined trough trade and transport. Nowadays, Harlingen functions as an important gateway between the mainland, the intertidal sand and mud flats and the islands of the Wadden Sea, especially to Terschelling and Vlieland. Harlingen has become an infrastructural knot: the highway and railway, the ferry terminal and its parkings, the canal with its sluice, the piers, dykes and bridges. The historic harbour city has thus become a gateway city: a place to go through instead of a touristic hotspot, nevertheless it has a rich history, attractive city centre and strong visible connection to the sea. Harlingen struggles with this current image. Next to that, Harlingen has a precarious social context as poverty is increasing. Research shows that if you were born in certain neighbourhoods of Harlingen, your income lags behind the national average. Lower-income people are known to live less healthy lives and experience a lower living quality for a longer period of their lives. On the other hand, there is the Frisian paradox: although Frisians earn less than average, they are happier than average. This can be related, among other things, to the peace and space still experienced in Fryslân. 6 Harlingen
Setting the Scene for a Call for Action Geography Municipality Province Country Harlingen Fryslân Netherlands Peculiarities > City with the most cultural heritage in Fryslân Land use Surface area Nature Agriculture Urbanisation Recreation Infrastructure Other People Resident population Population density Economy Housing price National housing price Agriculture & fishery Industry & energy Retail & restaurants Transport Financial services Business services Culture & recreation Municipality City 387,67 km 2 15,43 km 2 78 % 17 % 1 % 2 % 1 % 1% Municipality City 15.804 (2021) 14.715 (2021) 633 inh/km 2 1.001 inh/km 2 Municipality 178.772 € (WOZ-value) (2021) 290 000 € (WOZ-value) (2021) 5 % 21 % 23 % 13 % 7 % 20 % 12 % Harlingen 7
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