Flood defence town centre Dordrecht

The flood defence in the historical town centre of Dordrecht is situated in the Voorstraat, which is a busy shopping street. The dike itself is too low at some places, but with a system of flood stop logs in the doors of buildings along the street some extra height can be reached. The reliability of the stop log system is doubted however, so...

A comprehensive assessment of multilayered safety (meerlaagsveiligheid) in flood risk management

Multilayered Safety (MLS) is seen as the next step in Dutch flood risk management. In the last decades the idea that only flood defenses can prevent floods gave way to the realization prevention can also be implemented along other lines, e.g. giving the rivers more space. The next thought was that next to preventing floods it should be possible...

Waterkering Dordrecht

De hoofdwaterkering van Dordrecht, waarvan de Voorstraat een belangrijk onderdeel vormt, is vanaf het eind van de jaren zeventig onderwerp van studie geweest. De kering voldeed niet aan de eisen van de Deltawet en moest hieraan aangepast worden. De beslissing tot de bouw van de stormvloedkering in de Nieuwe Waterweg in 1989 maakte verdere studie...