Pilot Sites - Rotterdam
There are a few big spatial developments expected in the surrounding areas of Rotterdam Airport. These involve developments on the subject of housing, commercial, mobility and water. These developments can be roughly divided in a northern and a southern part, respectively the developments:
- Polder Schieveen into ‘new’ recreational nature and business park, combined with the construction of a bypass between highway A13 and A16 between this polder and the airport.
- Park Zestienhoven into a ‘wealthy and green’ suburban living environment.
These developments explicitly focus on water, in terms of water quality and water safety. Besides this the ambition of Rotterdam is to play a role in the development and anticipation on flood-risks. With different hot-spot studies, such as the UFM-project Rotterdam, the city tries to estimate the risks of flooding and the measures it can take to reduce damage and evacuation.
In this research vital objects are mapped and looked for locations which can stay (long enough) free of flooding, so called shelters. Rotterdam Airport can be seen in this light as a vital object for evacuation, but maybe even as the first Emergency Airport in the world connected with a network of shelters! This work focuses on the spatial needs to make Rotterdam Airport an emergency airport, in conjunction with the foreseen future spatial developments in the surrounding area.
The main aspects of relevance to the FloodProBE work programme are:
Rotterdam Airport can be seen in this light as a vital object for evacuation, but maybe even as the first Emergency Airport in the world connected with a network of shelters! It focuses on the spatial needs to make Rotterdam Airport an emergency airport, in conjunction with the foreseen future spatial developments in the surrounding area.
