Acceptable Risk Levels for Use in Hydraulic Design

Acceptable Risk Levels for Use in Hydraulic Design

Schoustra, F.W.

Vrijling, J.K. (mentor)
Mockett, I. (mentor)
Van gelder, P.H.A.M.J. (mentor)
Vrouwenvelder, A.W.C.M. (mentor)
Thissen, W. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Hydraulic Engineering

2001-01-01

This thesis contains a description of the government policies of the Netherlands and the UK with regard to flood and coastal protection and of three detailed case study analyses used in for research project 'Acceptable Risk Levels for Use in Hydraulic Design', which was carried out by HR Wallingford and was funded by the British Government. The research question of the thesis is: In current practise, it is not very well known what risks for hydraulic structures are accepted, what risks are considered as acceptable, and what influence different parties have on setting acceptable risk levels. In addition little is known about how the three design disciplines (hydraulic, structural and geotechnical) interact. The case study analysis was split into three main sections: 1. Influence of stakeholders on the [mal design] 2. Decisions regarding setting acceptable risk levels during the design process at each stage 3. Acceptable risk issues.

risk managements
decision making

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Student theses

master thesis