Cultural history as a source of knowledge for stress tests
This simple step-by-step guide (pdf, 769 kB) from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands helps you include knowledge of cultural history in the climate stress test. The guide fits in with the Delta Programme on Spatial Adaptation.
For whom?
The guide is meant for municipalities, water authorities and other professionals who work on climate stress tests and spatial adaptation.
How can the guide be used?
In the past, soil and water played a large role in the choices people made. These old systems still matter today. Knowledge of the past gives you insight into the water system and offers starting points for possible solutions.
Knowledge of cultural history is essential to get a clear picture of both the problems and the opportunities in the climate stress test. The guide consists of the following steps:
- Conduct map analyses
- Analyse the overall water system
- Use local knowledge
- Conduct a risk dialogue focused on the discussion of creative solution
The guide features several practical examples and references to relevant source material.
Who has developed the guide?
The guide was developed by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands.
Date of publication
January 2018
