Design of a flood-retaining hydraulic structure at Phú Dinh

Ho Chi Minh City is flooded on a regular basis due to the lack of flood protection. Plans have been made to protect the city from flooding in the future and therefore a barrier is built at Phu Dinh. This barrier needs to fulfil three requirements. Firstly it should protect HCMC against a flood, as well resulting from tidal waves as from peak...

Adaptation of the Hollandsche IJssel storm surge barrier

The storm surge barrier and levees located in the Hollandsche IJssel do not fulfill the current safety standards according to the third nationwide safety assessment. The non-closure probability of the storm surge barrier is too high and the inner slope stability of the levees is too low. Besides the problems regarding the flooding safety also...

Decision alternatives for the safety of the Eastern Scheldt: Will it be cost-effective to remove the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier in case of sea level rise?

After the disastrous floods in 1953 in the Netherlands, measures are taken to improve the safety in the Netherlands. In the Southwest of the Netherlands a couple of tidal basins are closed by the construction of dams and storm surge barriers. The closure of tidal basins shortens the coastal length and can result in a cost reduction comparing...

Impacts of waves and sea level rise on ports due to global climate change: Viet Nam sea ports case study

Viet Nam lies in the region of direct impact of sea level rise and climate change, especially in the East Sea where branches of Me Kong river run off. In the annual report on “Climate change and sea level rise in Viet Nam” MONRE has proposed 3 scenarios of sea level rise in the next 100 years viz. 60 cm (low emission scenario), 75 cm (medium...

Coastal flooding in Southampton over the 21st century

Sea level is rising across the UK and this is expected to accelerate and to increase coastal flood risk over the 21st century. Southampton is one of the busiest and most important national ports, but coastal flooding has not been studied extensively before. This dissertation aims to investigate the likelihood of coastal flooding in Southampton...

Environmental sustainability and climate change effects: An investigation into ports’ response and readiness

The increase in trade and economies of scale has influenced ports in respect to the growth and services they provide. Ports as trade commercial centres, in which international markets and national economies meet, must start considering how the impacts of extreme climate change influence their port management and operations. This particular study...

Coastal flood risk assessment and coastal zone management: A case study of Seberang Perai and Kuantan Pekan in Malaysia

The rise of sea level increases the risk of coastal flooding by increasing the probability of occurrence of flood event at a given height. The essence of coastal planning and management in the future relies on an accurate coastal flood risk assessment with regards to sea level rise. Through the set up of flood risk assessment model in Geographic...

The impact of gas extraction and sea level rise on the morphology of the Wadden Sea: Extension and application of the model ASMITA

It is the policy of the Dutch government to aim at the extraction of gas from the smaller gas fields in The Netherlands to spare the large Slochteren field in Groningen. The gas reservoirs below the Wadden Sea are counted among the smaller fields. Their capacity is estimated to 200 thousand million cubic metres, and their economic value is equal...

Zeespiegelstijging en de gevolgen voor de Nederlandse Kust

De temperatuur op aarde stijgt. Een gevolg van deze temperatuurstijging is zeespiegelstijging. Een ander gevolg zou kunnen zijn dat de weersomstandigheden kunnen veranderen. De gemiddelde windkracht zou kunnen toenemen waardoor de golfhoogtes kunnen toenemen. Ook de gemiddelde windrichting zou kunnen veranderen. Een en ander zal gevolgen hebben...