A programme management approach for supporting a transition to integrated flood management in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands and many other developed countries, flood management is transitioning from sectoral engineering approaches to more integrated approaches. The 2.3 billion Euro Room for the River programme plays an important role in this transition, because it is the first large scale infrastructure programme in the Netherlands that breaks with...

Flood Risk and Water Management in the Netherlands

French version: Le cadre législatif et organisationnel de la gestion du risque d’inondation aux Pays-Bas - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:87b38e7a-913e-45da-8408-87684e91c7c6 As in most countries legislation for flood risk management and crisis management in the Netherlands was driven by disasters. European Directives increasingly influenceour...

Risk-based planning and optimization of flood management measures in developing countries: Case Pakistan

About 95-97% of all deaths and a significant part of the economic losses caused by floods occur in developing countries. Despite the resources spent on different measures, flood management arrangements in developing countries are still unable to deliver satisfactory results. The objective of this thesis is ‘to maximize land-use benefits and...

Analysis of pluvial flood damage based on data from insurance companies in the Netherlands

Insurance databases form a promising data source that can be used to improve pluvial flood damage estimations. This paper describes the key characteristics of an insurance database on water related damages to private buildings and content in the Netherlands that has been made available for research. The paper presents preliminary results of a...

Does collaboration enhance learning?The challenge of learning from collaborative water management research

Does collaboration between researchers and other stakeholders enhance mutual cognitive learning?  To answer this question, this thesis analyzes two research processes concerning future flood management in the Lower Rhine basin and groundwater management in and around Delft. The  results suggest that only intensive collaboration enhances learning...

GIS-based Multicriteria Analysis as Decision Support in Flood Risk Management

Evacuation is a response to the immediate or forecast threat of flooding that is expected to pose a risk to life, health or well-being. It involves people moving from their houses or places of business to ‘safe’ locations, out of the flood risk area where they are able to shelter until it is possible and appropriate for them to return. This...

Building a model to estimate Risk to Life for European flood events

A methodology has been developed to estimate loss of life from flood events. In order to reduce the risk to life it is necessary to understand the causes of loss of life in floods and what kind of intervention and flood risk management measures may be effective in eliminating or reducing these losses. Data on flood events were gathered from 25...

The application of a tandem dike system in Vietnam

In the low-lying coastal regions coastal defence structures are usually designed with a main function to protect the hinterland from highly vulnerable to coastal flooding. Sea dikes are usually the most common and important elements which form the coastal flood defence system. Sea dikes are designed at a pre-defined circumstance and requirement....

Review report of operational flood management methods and models

Evacuation is a response to the immediate or forecast threat of flooding that is expected to pose a risk to life, health or well-being. It involves people moving from their houses or places of business to ‘safe’ locations, out of the flood risk area where they are able to shelter until it is possible and appropriate for them to return. This...

The Roach and Crouch Flood Management Strategy: A Case Study for the Economic Assessment and Valuation of Multifunctional Flood Management Projects

The main focus of this report is to describe the economic appraisal techniques applied to the RCFMS. The majority of the discussions on policies and procedures are specific to England. An overview of the differing funding processes and procedures in the rest of the UK (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) is provided in Appendix A. In addition,...

Modelling Floodplain Biogeomorphology

Understanding the interactions between the ecosystem and the morphology of river floodplains, i.e. floodplain biogeomorphology, is becoming increasingly important in view of modern river management and climate change. There is a need for predictive models for the natural response of river floodplains to hydraulic measures and river...

Spatial planning and supporting instruments for preventive flood management

The floods and the risk in the Rhine basin can only effectively be reduced if, in addition to technical measures, spatial planning regulates land use in flood prone areas. Furthermore future detention areas as well as room for river functions must be safeguarded in a long term perspective. In addition spatial planning can influence the...

Room for the Rhine in The Netherlands: Summary of research results

Raum für den Rhein in den Niederlanden: Zusammenfassung der Untersuchungsergebnisse

Ruimte maken voor de Rijn: Samenvatting van wat het onderzoek heeft opgeleverd

Coping with floods: A comparative study of strategies used in Vietnam, China and USA

Throughout history, rivers have provided people with ideal settings for development, which includes fertile farmland, water supply, convenient waterway for transportation and commerce, waste disposal and energy generation, which are essential for the expansion of human civilisation. Ironically, rivers often flood their banks, threatening the...

An Inventory of Measures and Solutions Coping with Floods around the World

From the very earliest times, man has sought to reduce the damaging impact of floods. However, despite a growing understanding of flood hydrology, plus the application of an increasingly complex technology and the injection of progressively larger capital sums, flood losses continue to rise. The concentration was principally placed on the...