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to prevent such disasters in future. They revised some of the old plans and came up with the "Deltaplan".

Delta law and conceptual framework

An important part of this project was fundamental research to come up with long-term solutions, protecting the Netherlands against future floods. Instead of analysing past floods and building protection sufficient to deal with those, the Delta Works commission pioneered a conceptual framework to use as norm for investment in flood defences.

The framework is called the 'Delta norm';

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