Schade door overstroming: Ervaringen uit New Orleans

Korte samenvatting van de overstromingen door hurricane Katrina in augustus 2005 in New Orleans en omgeving. Beschrijving van de effecten op het gebied en de bewoners, kwantitatieve inschatting van de gevolgend, en wat we hieruit voor Nederland kunnen leren. Uitgave met ondersteuning van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken.

Getijcentrale in de Brouwersdam: Een verkennende studie

DELTA NV heeft in december 2007 opdracht gegeven aan de TU Delft, Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, voor het verrichten van een verkennende studie naar de mogelijkheden van energiewinning bij introductie van een (gedempt) getij op het Grevelingenmeer. De studie past in de beleidsvoornemens van het Natuur- en Recreatieschap de...

New safety standards for coastal flood defences in the Netherlands

The Dutch government is in the process of revising its flood safety policy. The current safety standards for flood defences in the Netherlands are largely based on the outcomes of cost-benefit analyses. Loss of life has not been considered separately in the choice for current standards. This article presents the results of a research project...

Tidal power plant along the Western Scheldt

Economic implications of multi-layer safety projects for flood protection

Recent experience of large-scale water disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011 has reminded mankind that disasters cannot be ruledout. Unprecedented low-probability events can happen even in the most well monitored areas, causing major social-economic disruption. Failing to prepare...

An Idealized Meteorological-Hydrodynamic Model for Exploring Extreme Storm Surge Statistics in the North Sea

This paper explores an alternative method to determine extreme surge levels at the Dutch Coast. For this exploration, specific focus is on the extreme water level at Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands. The alternative method has been based on a joint probability model of the storm characteristics at the North Sea. The intent of this method is to...

Probabilistic Design: Risk and Reliability Analysis in Civil Engineering