Pilot description

Ninove is located in the southeast area of the Province of East Flanders in Belgium. Within the city of Ninove, the pilot focuses on the area “Burchtdam” and the city-park neighbourhood in relation to the Dender river.

Figure 1: Map featuring the location of the FRAMES Belgian pilot areas, one of which is Ninove.

The size of the pilot area is: 72.57 km²

Number of inhabitants: 38.692 inhabitants

Relevant characteristics of the water system (main water bodies): the area lies 10 to 90 m above sea level and the main water body is the Dender river (VMM, 2016).

Referenties

• Evaluatie inventarisatie overstromingen november 2010 Denderbekken. Integraal Waterbeleid. Bekken van de Dender. Hoofdstuk 2.3. Bekkenvoortgangsrapport 2010. Denderbekken, Anoniem, Commissie Integraal Waterbeleid, 1 januari 2011.
• Flood resilience: a co-evolutionary approach : residents, spatial developments and flood risk management in the Dender Basin, Tempels, B., Universiteit Gent, 1 januari 2016.