Climate change and inland shipping

Although much attention is given to the consequences of climate change with respect to melting icecaps, starving polar bears, sea level rise and inadequate storm defense systems, there may be severe consequences for inland shipping too. Not only because of more frequent occurrence and longer durations of closed storm surge barriers, which may...

Beantwoording van vragen DP Rijnmond-Drechtsteden: Onderzoek faalkans - afsluitbare waterkeringen in de Rijnmond

Op basis van twee eerdere onderzoeksresultaten wordt nader onderzoek gedaan naar effecten van klimaatverandering op de maatgevende hoogwaterstanden. Om tot een betere afstemming te komen zijn vijf nadere onderzoeksvragen gesteld door Delta-deelprogramma Rijnmond-Drechtsteden (DP-RD). Specifiek gaat het om de faalkans van de Maeslantkering.

Onderzoek faalkans in kader van kennis voor klimaat: Beantwoording van vragen DP Rijnmond-Drechtsteden

Risk-based asset management of a navigation network

Storm Surge Barrier: Overview and Design Considerations

In this study an overview of existing and planned storm surge barriers in the world is provided. A systematic analysis relates functional requirements (e.g. navigation and tidal exchange) to the main barrier characteristics (e.g. gate type, dimensions). Furthermore, as the costs of barriers are an important issue in the planning, available cost...

Reconnaissance Level Studies on a Storm Surge Barrier for Flood Risk Reduction in the Houston-Galveston Bay

The Houston - Galveston area is at significant risk from hurricane induced storm surges. This paper summarizes ongoing studies on flood risk reduction for the region. Firstly, based on a simplified probabilistic hurricane surge model , the return periods of surges within the bay have been estimated. This model framework can be used to assess the...

Conceptual design of a high discharge barrier in the closed-open-super dike ring "Rijnmond" (abstract)