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Rotterdam: A City and a Mainport on the Edge of a Delta

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  • Han Meyer
  • Anne Loes Nillesen
  • Wil Zonneveld

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Within Europe, Rotterdam is by far the largest port and supplier of fossil energy sources. City and port have a “sandwich” position in the low lands between a sea with a rising level and rivers with increasing peak discharges. It is certainly no exaggeration to say that sustainability forms a matter of life or death for Rotterdam as a Delta City. The question of a sustainable Rotterdam or not is related to the following issues: (1) water management (preventing hazards; the restoration of the estuary; salinization); (2) urban renewal; (3) the spatial and climate footprint of the ever-growing port and (4) energy transition. Currently all these issues are dealt with largely independently of one another. For a genuinely sustainable future, linkages have to be made between strategies, projects and actors.

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  • Han Meyer & Anne Loes Nillesen & Wil Zonneveld, 2011. "Rotterdam: A City and a Mainport on the Edge of a Delta," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 71-94, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:20:y:2011:i:1:p:71-94
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2011.638498
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