A Testing and Implementation Framework (TIF) for Climate Adaptation Innovations: Final Version of the TIF - Deliverable 5.2

This report focuses on the methodological development of the testing and implementation framework (TIF) for increasing the socio-technical readiness of climate adaptation innovations and assessing their impact on different socio-economic and environmental sectors. It is designed to be read by innovators and used as a supporting document for the...

A Testing and Implementation Framework (TIF) for Climate Adaptation Innovations: Initial Version of the TIF - Deliverable 5.1

Currently there is no internationally accepted framework for assessing the readiness of innovations that reduce disaster risk. To fill this gap, BRIGAID is developing a standard, comprehensive Testing and Implementation Framework (TIF). The TIF is designed to provide innovators with a framework for innovation and guidelines for assessing an...

Hurricane Harvey Report: A fact-finding effort in the direct aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in the Greater Houston Region

On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of approximately 200 km/hour. Harvey caused severe damages in coastal Texas due to extreme winds and storm surge, but will go down in history for record-setting rainfall totals and flood-related damages. Across large...

Flood Risk Regional Flood Defences: Technical report

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...

Overstromingsbenadering regionale keringen: Management samenvatting

Effectiveness and reliability of emergency measures for flood prevention

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 Galveston Bay: Flood Risk Reduction Barrier

The objective of this study is to provide suitable candidate solutions for a storm surge barrier in the Bolivar Roads as part of the Ike Dike system and provide recommendations for further research.