Assessing the vulnerability of a Dutch river dyke to rising water levels

Dykes provide protection from the risk of flooding to approximately 60% of the Netherlands, by area. Unfortunately, most of the country’s major cities lie within this zone, placing a large proportion of the population at risk should these flood defences fail. In total the Netherlands have over 3800 km of primary flood defences protecting the...

CPT based liquefaction potential of flood defences in The Netherlands

The paper describes a study on the liquefaction potential of flood defences along the rivers running through the delta area of the Netherlands. The study concentrates on an area south of Rotterdam. The dykes used as primary flood defences protect an urban, rural, and industrial area of 102,400 ha. In this paper the data from more than 4200...