Resilience measure: Dwelling mound

definition

A dwelling mound is an artificial hill made from earth, created to provide safe ground for humans and animals during storm surges. This concept has been applied to the Hafen City Hamburg which involves the heightening areas and access routes based on the model of the dwelling mounds. The dwelling mounds can be connected by building of dikes in between them, in order to create a larger continuous protected area.

Co-benefits and impacts

Protection against storm tides; first flood-safe settlement areas; creation of larger agricultural and settlement area

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Approaches (Show all)

Protection


Scales (Show all)

City


Time scales (Show all)

Long term

Synonym of Resilience Measures (Show all)

Plinth
Terp
Wierde
Woerd
Warf
Warft
Werf
Wurt
Værft

Measure types (Show all)

Engineering



Last modified: Aug. 4, 2016, 10:20 a.m.

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Dwelling mound

 

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