Following on her 'Room for the River' op-ed in the Washington Post, Ambassador Jones-Bos and the Embassy's Water Management specialist Dale Morris delivered a presentation to river and floodplain managers during the conference of the Natural Floodplain Functions Alliance.

2. “ Make it a Story” 21-10-11

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4. The Netherlands: a delta landscape, penetrated by rivers, subject to sea and river flooding

5. 1958 flood risk/safety standards established (post ’53 flood)

10. Encroachments (1850 – 2000): restriction of discharge capacity loss of flood storage areas

11. Urban Bottleneck at Arnhem (1830 and 2000)

12. Loss of room Rhine, Netherlands 1850-2000

14. Possible measures

15. Possible measures

16. Dredging

17. lowering flood plains Room for the Rhine branches

18. Room for the Rhine branches lowering flood plains

19. Elevated area; before removal Room for the Rhine branches

20. Elevated area; after removal Room for the Rhine branches

21. Abutment of a bridge; before removal

22. Abutment of a bridge; after removal

23. Dike relocation Dike relocation (set back)

24. Lowering of groins

25. Removal of local bottlenecks, bypasses

31. Dike set-back strategy: safety, increased storage / flow capacity, and new land opportunities 21-10-11

32. Before / After (impression) 21-10-11

33. New spatial quality, commercial/residential development Gemeente Nijmegen en RWS-DON

34. Planning 2006 – 2011, implementation 2013 – 2016 Cost: $400 million 21-10-11

35. Noordwaard Polder 21-10-11

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38. Depoldering, the plan 3 river Meuse To the sea river Merwede Bottleneck Gorinchem

39. First sketches 3 normal watercondition

40. 3 ‘ 2 weeks a year’ condition First sketches

41. 3 ‘ 1/100, 1/1000 year’ condition First sketches

42. spatial design 3

43. waterdynamic 3

44. 3 waterdynamic

45. 3 waterdynamic

46. 3 waterdynamic

47. 3 waterdynamic

48. 3 waterdynamic

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52. Hydraulic effects: it’s like a serious game