From optimal to practical safety standards for dike-ring areas

After the flood disaster in 1953 in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, Van Dantzig tried to solve the economic decision problem concerning the optimal height of dikes. His solution has a fixed probability of flooding after each investment (Econometrica, 1956). However, when there is economic growth, not the probability of flooding but the...

Kapitaliseren van natuurbaten: Eindrapportage

Optimal safety standards for dike-ring areas

After the flood disaster in 1953 in the southwestern part of the Netherlands, Van Dantzig tried to solve the economic-decision problem concerning the optimal height of dikes. His formula with a fixed exceedance probability after each investment (Econometrica, 1956) is still in use today in cost benefit analysis of flood-protection measures....

Economic optimalization of the protection level against erosion in Dutch coastal cities

Cost benefit analysis of coastal protection with focus on Zandvoort (Netherlands).

Kostendocument Rampenbeheersingsstrategie Overstromingen Rijn en Maas

Veiligheid tegen overstromen: Kosten-batenanalyse voor Ruimte voor de Rivier, deel 1

This report is part 1 of a Cost-Benefit Analysis of the project ‘Space for the Rivers’, which aims at improving the safety against flooding along the river Rhine. A new method has been developed to find the optimal safety level for dike rings against flooding and the accompanying investment strategy. This method has been applied to 22 dike rings...

Praktische facetten inzet Argus

Methode voor de bepaling van overige effecten: PKB-studie deelrapport C

Low Cost Rock Structures for Beach Control and Coast Protection: Practical design guidance

Coastal rock structures are widely used in coastal engineering for a variety of purposes, including controlling the morphological development of beaches and providing protection against coastal erosion or flooding by wave overtopping. Strict adherence to existing design guidance has resulted in many of these structures being built using multiple...

Analyse efficiency noodoverloopgebieden

Spankrachtstudie, deelrapport 5: Kosten en overige effecten van maatregelen in boven- en benedenrivierengebied

Ruimtelijke informatie maatregelen in het Benedenrivierengebied

Flood and Coastal Defence Project Appraisal Guidance: Economic Appraisal

This guide, one of a series on the appraisal of flood and coastal defence in England and Wales, covers only the economic aspects of project appraisal. It assumes that the reader has prior knowledge of general benefit–cost analysis techniques. In the process of revision of the 1993 Project Appraisal Guidance Note (PAGN), the opportunity has been...

Basic design of sea dikes and revetments in developing countries with ill-defined input boundary conditions

The coastal structures are of great variety both in type and function. Among those, dike in association with revetrnent is being regarded as the most typical measure for shore proteetion because of its relative importance and economical feasibility. Recently, a broad knowledge on the design concept of these types of structure has been developed...

Low cost shore protection

This brochure presents low cost ways for the shorel ine property owner to control or slow down shoreline erosion. lt will also be of interest to community leaders, local government officials, and contractors and engineers involved in erosion control. Prepared as a public service by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the brochure is part of a...

Offshore siting of windenergy conversion systems

In a densely populated country such as The Netherlands it is almost impossible to install large numbers of large windturbines on the mainland. That was the main reason to investigate the possibilities of siting the windturbines offshore on the Dutch part of the North Sea Continental Shelf, with a further advantage of a higher windfactor. The...