How do infrastructural designs meet up to nature policy requirements? : a method to evaluate infrastructural (eco-engineering) designs in the light of nature policies

This report describes a new method which is created to evaluate an infrastructural design on how it meets up to nature policy requirements, and to compare alternative construction designs for infrastructural projects. The method quantifies the term “nature” and it gives a value to this number, based on the evaluation for nature policy requirements. The method is developed for Rijkswaterstaat to give input to the Environmental Index Tool (Omgevingswijzer). The method is developed by using two case studies: the wave attenuating dike at Fort Steurgat, Werkendam and the creation of a robust road network in the Arnhem/Nijmegen area, ViA15.