Controlling the Oosterschelde storm-surge barrier: A policy analysis of alternative strategies. Vol. 1: Summary report

The first in a four-volume study to assist the Netherlands government in a policy analysis of alternative control strategies for operating the storm-surge barrier across the Oosterschelde basin. For each alternative, the project analyzed several consequences or "impacts," including the safety of the dikes along the Oosterschelde; the effects on...

Probabilistic determination of Design Waterlevels in the Eastern Scheldt

A probabilistic coitiputation method for the determination of the design waterlevel of a dam or dyke is presented. The results of the application of the method in the Eastern Scheldt estuary are shown