The development of the Dutch Flood safety strategy

This technical report sketches the main development of the flood defence system in the Netherlands. It concentrates on the establishment of the flood safety level and flood risk reduction strategies. First developments in the study of loading and soil properties until 1960 are described in Chapter 2. The storm surge of 1953 accelerated the...

Randvoorwaarden verticale evacuatie bij overstromingen

In this research vertical evacuation is defined as the displacement of people to dry floors in buildings or public shelters that are located inside the threatened or flooded area. Vertical evacuation strategies can be implemented in combination with, or as an alternative to, preventive evacuate in case preventive evacuation is not entirely...

Learning from French experiences with storm Xynthia; damages after a flood

On the 28th of February 2010 at 2 a.m. the storm Xynthia hit the French Atlantic coast. The storm surge combined with the high tide and large waves caused flood defences to fail along the coastline from the Gironde (Bordeaux) to the Loire Estuary. A significant amount of land, (>50 000 ha) was consequently flooded and 47 people died as a result...

Working together with water: A living land builds for its future

The government asked the Delta Committee to come up with recommendations on how to protect the Dutch coast and the low-lying hinterland against the consequences of climate change. The issue is how the Netherlands can be made climate proof over the very long term: safe against flooding, while still remaining an attractive place to live, to reside...

The composition of suspended particulate matter during floodings of the river Meuse

Since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has disturbed the natural functioning of river floodplains by a high input of contaminants in the environment. Riverine suspended matter is the most important source for elevated levels of contaminants in floodplain areas. Previous research mainly focused on processes affecting the distribution of...

Tijdelijke en flexibele waterkeringen, produktcatalogus

Catalogus van waterkeringen die tijdelijk geplaatst kunnen worden, al dan niet als noodkeringen

Standards for the repair of buildings following flooding

Flooding is a major problem for many people in the United Kingdom, posing a risk to health, safety and wellbeing, and resulting in widespread damage to property. The scale of the problem can be gauged from the following quotation (OST, 2004): Nearly 2 million properties in floodplains along rivers, estuaries and coasts in the UK are potentially...

Environmental impact of flooding

Casualties resulting from flooding of industrial sites

Evaluation of floodplain management strategies: The added value of wetlands

The objective of this project was to evaluate the beneficial effects of wetlands on flood risk reduction and water quality improvement in the Rhine. The analysis of wetland effects on flood risk reduction aimed at evaluating whether the position of a wetland in the basin – upstream or downstream – will influence the added value of the wetlands...

Central provinces initiative, partnership to mitigate natural disasters in Central Vietnam: Summary report

Evaluation on mitigation of natural disasters, mainly floods, in Central Vietnam, results of the findings of the mission, policy planning, disaster response, sustainability, donor response, prioritized list of mitigation projects, empowerment of communities that live with floods,

CPI-Central Province Initiative to Mitigate Natural Disasters in Central Vietnam

After the severe floods that occurred at the end of 1999 in the Central Provinces of Vietnam, and the devastating effect they had in terms of loss of life and property, a series of disaster mitigation initiatives were taken by a number of Government Authorities and the Vietnam Donor Community. These initiatives were led by the Ministry of...

From probability of exceendance to probability of flooding

A chain is never stronger than its weakest link. This insight is the basis for the calculation method to determine the f lood probabilities of dike ring areas in the Netherlands. The TAW can already formulate first recommendations on research and policy making. This does not imply that the research on 'Flood risks: a study on probabilities and...

Sea dikes northern part of Vietnam

The coastal areas of Vietnam are repeatedly hit by devastating storms and typhoons. Protective sea dikes are overtopped or breached frequently, with the resulting flooding causing damage to agriculture land, loss of life and crops, and destruction of infrastructure. In the coastal area of the five northern provinces of the Red River Delta, 361...