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...

Coastal defence cost estimates: Case study of the Netherlands, New Orleans and Vietnam

This study is part of a global study on the costs of adaptation to the effects of climate change. It adds information from three specific case studies (the Netherland, New Orleans and Vietnam) to the global study. The case study areas are comparable by type of coast; all are low-lying deltaic coastal areas. This study investigates the unit cost...

Toekomst voor het Nederlandse Polderconcept

Naar aanleiding van ons onderzoek geven we de volgende aanbevelingen aan de Deltacommissie: 1. De financi effecten van het aanpassen van waterkeringen zijn bepaald bij specifiek klimaatscenario. We bevelen aan om deze effecten ook kwantitatief in beeld te brengen voor andere scenarios. 2. Voor maatschappelijke acceptatie van het versterken van...