Print Email Facebook Twitter A system perspective on flood risk in polder drainage canal systems Title A system perspective on flood risk in polder drainage canal systems Author Rikkert, S.J.H. (TU Delft Coastal Engineering) Contributor Kok, M. (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2022-05-18 Abstract A major part of the Netherlands is prone to flooding: roughly 60%. Therefore, a large system of flood defences protects the country from flooding. These flood defences are divided into primary and regional flood defence systems. Primary flood defences protect areas against catastrophical flooding events from the sea, big lakes and major rivers, whereas regional flood defences protect areas against relatively small flooding events. This dissertation focusses on regional flood defences, and in particular polder drainage canal levees (in Dutch: boezemkaden). These canal levees are located along polder drainage canals (in Dutch: boezemkanalen), which discharge excess water from rainfall and seepage from the polder to the sea or the major rivers. Canal levees play a major role in preventing regional flooding, and are assessed periodically, to keep the risk of levee failure at an acceptable level.... Subject flood riskreliability updatingsystem behaviour To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:61e6645a-f275-4b69-aa29-1150d3cda2b1 ISBN 978-94-6366-543-8 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2022 S.J.H. Rikkert Files PDF A_system_perspective_on_f ... ikkert.pdf 30.74 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:61e6645a-f275-4b69-aa29-1150d3cda2b1/datastream/OBJ/view