Impact of including interdependencies between multiple riverine flood defences on the economically optimal flood safety levels

In risk analysis of riverine flood defence systems, sections of flood defences are often considered separately, herewith ignoring their interdependence, e.g. due to the hydraulic response following dike breaches in the system. In previous studies it has been found that such interdependence can have a significant influence on flood risk estimates...

Long-term strategies for flood risk management: Scenario definition and strategic alternative design

Flood risk management requires policy making for a relatively far and largely unknown future. Task 14 of Theme 2 in FLOODsite aims to provide methodological guidance on how to perform the design/development of long term strategic alternatives for flood risk management and how to assess their performance in different future scenarios. To begin...

Netherlands DSS Review

A review of existing DSS tools in the Netherlands.