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Mburu, J.W. (author)Throughout history, rivers have provided people with ideal settings for development, which includes fertile farmland, water supply, convenient waterway for transportation and commerce, waste disposal and energy generation, which are essential for the expansion of human civilisation. Ironically, rivers often flood their banks, threatening the...report 2001
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Penning-Rowsell, E. (author), Johnson, C. (author), Tunstall, S. (author), Tapsell, S. (author), Morris, J. (author), Chatterton, J. (author), Green, C. (author)This handbook is intended to be a stand-alone "how to do it"guide to assessing the benefits of flood and coastal risk management.report 2005
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Kolen, B. (author), Vermeulen, C.J.M. (author), Terpstra, T. (author), Kerstholt, J. (author)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...report 2015
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Hooijer, A. (author), Klijn, F. (author), Kwadijk, J. (author), Pedroli, B. (author)Flood risk (defined as a result of flood probability and potential damage) along Rhine and Meuse rivers is expected to increase in two ways: A. Climate change will cause a significant increase in the probability of extreme floods (according to a majority of climate change scenarios). B. The potential damage of floods (the level of investments in...report 2002
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Lendering, K.T. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Kok, M. (author)Floods in the summer of 2013 in Central Europe demonstrated once again that floods account for a large part of damage and loss of life caused by natural disasters. During flood threats emergency measures, such as sand bags and big bags, are often applied to strengthen the flood defences and attempt to prevent breaches. Although these measures...report 2014
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Anonymus, A. (author)In onze eindrapportage die u als vervolg op deze brief aantreft, hebben wij verantwoording, bevindingen en aanbevelingen van de Taskforce neergelegd. Het stuk bestaat uit een Rapport van Bevindingen en drie deelrapporten. Deelrapport Planvorming is een handreiking voor het completeren van de plannen op alle niveaus. Deelrapport Nafase bevat een...report 2009
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Kolen, B. (author), Kok, M. (author)STOWA werkt in het kader van het kennisprogramma Deltaproof aan de ontwikkeliling van een afwegingsmethodiek voor een hanteerbare uitwerking van meerlaagsveiligheid, met het oog op een brede toepassing door waterbeheerders binnen Nederland. Het doel van deze notitie is het neerleggen van een basisvisie meerlaagsveiligheid. Deze basisvisie vormt...report 2012
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Bouma, J.J. (author), Schram, A. (author), François, D. (author)This report provides a methodological background that will be used in the assessment of hazards of overtopping. Those assessment methods that attach a monetary value to the effects on resources are focussed upon. The relationships between the characteristics of overtopping and the use of specific valuation techniques is further explored....report 2004
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Nguyen, G.N. (author)Traditionally, the design of sea and river dikes in Vietnam is primarily based on a water level with a particular frequency of being exceeded. The frequencies of exceedence of design levels and governing discharge are widely regarded as constituting a standard for the safety of the region protected by the dikes and are interpreted in terms of...report 2002
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The requirements for this literature review were set out in 5.1 as detailed in the Environment Agencys proposal for ComCoast work package 4 stakeholder dialogue and communication. The aims were: 1) To review literature relevant to the BTwC and ComCoast to understand the main messages and evidence to support improving public participation and...report 2005
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Hekal, N. (author)From the very earliest times, man has sought to reduce the damaging impact of floods. However, despite a growing understanding of flood hydrology, plus the application of an increasingly complex technology and the injection of progressively larger capital sums, flood losses continue to rise. The concentration was principally placed on the...report 2000
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Slomp, R. (author)Comme cest le cas pour la plupart des législations des autres états européens, la législation néerlandaise relative à la gestion du risque dinondation a été contingente des catastrophes; cette attitude du législateur est classique et concerne aussi dautres types de risques. Linfl uence européenne sur cette législation grandit constamment,...report 2012
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Eijgenraam, C.J.J. (author)De vraag is gerezen of de toetsnorm voor waterveiligheid goed wordt bepaald als er geen rekening wordt gehouden met de mogelijkheid dat de schade bij overstromen afhangt van de waterhoogte bij overstromen of de kans op die overstroming. Het achterliggend idee is: Hoe extremer de gebeurtenis, des te groter is de overstroming en de daaruit...report 2009
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Waarts, P.H. (author)Dit rapport handelt alleen over de bepaling van het aantal doden. Er worden empirische relaties afgeleid op basis van waarnemingscijfers. Deze waarnemingscijfers zijn vooral afkomstig van de stormramp van 1 februari 1953 in Zuid-West Nederland. Daarnaast zijn ook gegevens gebruikt van inundaties elders (Nederland, Duitsland, Frankrijk, Spanje,...report 1992
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Huizinga, J. (author), Nederpel, A. (author), De Groot, K. (author), Batterink, M. (author)De methodiek beschreven in dit document is een instrument dat de beleidsontwikkeling van de provincie Zuid-Holland ondersteunt door inzichtelijk te maken welke risicos verbonden zijn aan het toestaan van functies in buitendijkse gebieden voor de komende 50 tot 100 jaar. Bij het bepalen van de risicos wordt in de methodiek rekening gehouden met...report 2011
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Lendering, K.T. (author)Historically the Netherlands have always had to deal with the threat of flooding, both from the rivers and the sea as well as from heavy rainfall. The country consists of a large amount of polders, which are low lying areas of land protected from flooding by embankments. These polders require an extensive water storage and drainage system to...report 2015
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Eijgenraam, C.J.J. (author)Doel van de notitie is het formuleren van een algemeen toepasbare toetsnorm voor waterveiligheid op basis van kosten-batenanalyse (KBA).1 Deze nieuwe norm moet zoveel mogelijk dezelfde strekking hebben als de huidige wettelijke toetsnorm om waterkeringen goed of af te keuren. Zo kan de hoogte van de huidige normen met behulp van dit nieuwe...report 2008
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Kolen, B. (author), Hommes, S. (author), Huijskes, E. (author)We claim that, in The Netherlands, emergency management for flooding should be seen as an add on to existing emergency planning. Therefore, some specific preparation is required to minimize loss of life and maximize the use of available information, resources and infrastructure. This booklet discusses this preparation based on the experiences...report 2012
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Wolters, H.A. (author), Platteeuw, M. (author), Schoor, M.M. (author)In the first part the focus point is the river landscape in general. This involves some physical characteristics, an overview of relevant policy documents for the river landscape in the Netherlands is given and a number of aspects in which the interrelations between the different rehabilitation measures come to light. The second part, consisting...report 2001
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- Asselman, N.E.M. (author), Coen, L. (author), Diermanse, F.L.M. (author), Groeneweg, J. (author), Jeuken, M.C.J.L. (author), Pereira, F. (author), Sperna Weiland, F.C. (author), Vanlede, J. (author), Viaene, P. (author) report 2007