From optimal to practical safety standards for dike-ring areas

After the flood disaster in 1953 in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, Van Dantzig tried to solve the economic decision problem concerning the optimal height of dikes. His solution has a fixed probability of flooding after each investment (Econometrica, 1956). However, when there is economic growth, not the probability of flooding but the...

Kapitaliseren van natuurbaten: Eindrapportage

Optimal safety standards for dike-ring areas

After the flood disaster in 1953 in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, Van Dantzig tried to solve the economic-decision problem concerning the optimal height of dikes. His formula with a fixed exceedance probability after each investment (Econometrica, 1956) is still in use today in cost benefit analysis of flood-protection measures....

Economic optimalization of the protection level against erosion in Dutch coastal cities

Cost benefit analysis of coastal protection with focus on Zandvoort (Netherlands).

Kostendocument Rampenbeheersingsstrategie Overstromingen Rijn en Maas

Veiligheid tegen overstromen: Kosten-batenanalyse voor Ruimte voor de Rivier, deel 1

This report is part 1 of a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the project ‘Space for the Rivers’, which aims at improving the safety against flooding along the river Rhine. A new method has been developed to find the optimal safety level for dike rings against flooding and the accompanying investment strategy. This method has been applied to 22 dike rings...

Praktische facetten inzet Argus

Methode voor de bepaling van overige effecten: PKB-studie deelrapport C

Analyse efficiency noodoverloopgebieden

Spankrachtstudie, deelrapport 5: Kosten en overige effecten van maatregelen in boven- en benedenrivierengebied

Ruimtelijke informatie maatregelen in het Benedenrivierengebied

Flood and Coastal Defence Project Appraisal Guidance: Economic Appraisal

This guide, one of a series on the appraisal of flood and coastal defence in England and Wales, covers only the economic aspects of project appraisal. It assumes that the reader has prior knowledge of general benefit–cost analysis techniques. In the process of revision of the 1993 Project Appraisal Guidance Note (PAGN), the opportunity has been...