(Il)liquid Assets: Risk Management Through Insurance Solutions: A Comparative Analysis of Failure Mechanisms and Premium Evolution of Flood Insurance in the Netherlands

This thesis evaluates flood insurance solutions for the Netherlands, focusing on the repercussions of primary flood defence failures. Recognizing the amplified need for a solid safety system due to climate change, the study uses a comprehensive approach, including literature review, expert opinion, and numerical modelling, to assess existing...

Land subsidence related damage to residential real estate and cost-effective adaptation strategies: From sinking to solutions: a methodological approach to assess the cost-effectiveness of adaptation strategies to counteract land subsidence related damage to residential real estate

Land subsidence poses significant damage risks to residential real estate, including pile rot, differential settlements, pluvial flood risk, and dewatering risk amounting tens of thousands of euros. In the Netherlands, the number of affected houses has surpassed one million and is estimated to reach two million, accounting for a quarter of all...

The effect of vessels on the flow pattern inside a groyne field: What is the influence of vessels on the flow properties inside a groyne field and in what way do the characteristics of the vessels influence this?

Due to river training in the past centuries, the bed level of the Waal started and is still decreasing by several centimetres a year. Erosion of the riverbed causes problems for objects underneath the riverbed like cables, pipelines and foundations of structures. Furthermore, some parts of the river are eroding at a higher velocity compared to...

Rogue waves in the Dutch North Sea: An experimental study into the occurrence of extreme waves due to abrupt depth transitions at future offshore wind farm locations along the Dutch coast

Large morphological features, so-called sand ridges, with an average height and length in the order of 10 meters and 3 kilometers respectively are located at future offshore wind farm locations in the Dutch North Sea. Recent literature, considering relatively deep water conditions (kh 1, with k the wave number and h the water depth), has shown...