1. SPR – Middelkerke pilot area
Drivers of exogenous change
Climate change:
1. Sea level rise
2. Extreme storms
Deterioration
of assets,
Lowering of the beaches
Population growth and household occupancy
Property damage
Damage to buildings
Important infrastructure
/emergency response
Flooded roads, tunnels, hospitals, shools, fire station, …
Wave
Cultural
heritage
Cultural
heritage damaged
(Spring) Tide
Marine storm
Overtopping or breach of sea dike
Flooding
Protected nature
Intrusion
of salt water
Storm surge
Civil facilities
Damage to buildings
Flood defences
Coastal foreshore management
Property level protection
Forecasting and warning
Agriculture
Flooding with salt water
Endogenous responses
People
Loss of life