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Hauser, S.J. (author)The explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020 showed that ports are clusters of risks, and that accidents in port areas can have disastrous effects on close-by residential areas or historic city centers. Such disasters are not new, and cities and nations have had time to establish special safety regulations and prevent such disasters. Because...report 2021
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Task Force Fact Finding Hoogwater, 2021 (author)Door het Expertisenetwerk waterkeren uitgevoerde evaluatie van het de wateroverlast in Limburg in 2021. Ook aandacht voor de gevolgen in België en Duitsland, Besproken wordt: de meteorologie en hydrologie, de riverkunde, de waterkeringen, de schade, de evacuaties en noodmaatregelen en de gezondheidseffecten.report 2021
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Teruel Cano, D. (author), Fatorić, Sandra (author), Manders, Martijn (author)Cultural heritage provides a wide range of economic, socio-cultural and environmental benefits for current and future generations. Globally, scientific evidence shows that climate change is adversely affecting diverse tangible and intangible cultural heritage [1; 2]. Yet, in the Netherlands, there is a need for a greater understanding of the...report 2020
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Engström, Johan (author), Miller, Andrew (author), Huang, Wenyan (author), Soccolich, Susan (author), Ghanipoor Machiani, Sahar (author), Jahangiri, Arash (author), Dreger, F.A. (author), de Winter, J.C.F. (author)This report gives an overview of the main findings from the Behavior-based Predictive Safety Analytics – Pilot Study project. The main objective of the project was to investigate the possibilities of developing statistical models predicting individual driver crash involvement based on individual driving style, demographic and behavioral history...report 2019
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li Piani, T. (author)The present thesis is aimed at defining operative guidelines devoted to the prevention and limitation of disastrous consequences for man's life and property in case of terrorist attacks perpetrated in places of worship. These guidelines are meant to be applied by governs of Western societies at different levels of spatial planning, with...report 2017
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Sebastian, Antonia (author), Lendering, K.T. (author), Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), Brand, A.D. (author), Jonkman, Sebastiaan N. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), Godfroij, Maartje (author), Kolen, B. (author), Comes, M. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Meesters, Kenny (author), van de Walle, B.A. (author), Ebrahimi Fard, A. (author), Cunningham, S. (author), Khakzad, N. (author), Nespeca, V. (author)On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of approximately 200 km/hour. Harvey caused severe damages in coastal Texas due to extreme winds and storm surge, but will go down in history for record-setting rainfall totals and flood-related damages. Across large...report 2017
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Verschuur, Jasper (author), Kolen, B. (author), van Veelen, P.C. (author)To help decision makers in delta areas to select appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies it is necessary to have a clear picture of the main drivers of risk and how risk evolves under changing conditions. Acknowledging these problems, the Delta Alliance and the TU Delft took the initiative to develop a new index that helps cities to...report 2017
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Teye, A.L. (author), de Haan, J. (author), Elsinga, M.G. (author)The recent Global Financial Crisis has lent even greater urgency to the need for households to understand the risks and dynamics of the residential property market better. This paper uses a rich dataset on individual residential property transactions between 1995 and 2014 in Amsterdam to study the risks and the inter-dependency of house prices...report 2016
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The Eastern Scheldt Survey: A concise overview of the estuary pre- and post barrier - Part 2: SURVEYBrand, A.D. (author), Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author)The aim of this survey is to give a concise overview of the pre- and post-barrier functioning of the Eastern Scheldt estuary. The survey builds upon the Eastern Scheldt Memo (dated March 2016), which explored possible sources and shortlisted leading publications, key institutes and contacts. In response to the memo’s reception by the...report 2016
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Brand, A.D. (author), Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author)The aim of this survey is to give a concise overview of the pre- and post-barrier functioning of the Eastern Scheldt estuary. The survey builds upon the Eastern Scheldt Memo (dated March 2016), which explored possible sources and shortlisted leading publications, key institutes and contacts. In response to the memo’s reception by the...report 2016
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Lendering, K.T. (author)Historically the Netherlands have always had to deal with the threat of flooding, both from the rivers and the sea as well as from heavy rainfall. The country consists of a large amount of polders, which are low lying areas of land protected from flooding by embankments. These polders require an extensive water storage and drainage system to...report 2015
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Kolen, B. (author), Vermeulen, C.J.M. (author), Terpstra, T. (author), Kerstholt, J. (author)In this research vertical evacuation is defined as the displacement of people to dry floors in buildings or public shelters that are located inside the threatened or flooded area. Vertical evacuation strategies can be implemented in combination with, or as an alternative to, preventive evacuate in case preventive evacuation is not entirely...report 2015
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Kothuis, B.L.M. (author), Slinger, J.H. (author), Cunningham, S.W. (author)CIGAS stands for Contested Issues Game Structuring Approach. CIGAS is a practice developed specifically for contested environments, which strives to enhance participant’s insight by means of game structuring and system modeling techniques. Within this practice participants are understood to have different interests and values. The purpose is...report 2014
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Lendering, K.T. (author), Jonkman, S.N. (author), Kok, M. (author)Floods in the summer of 2013 in Central Europe demonstrated once again that floods account for a large part of damage and loss of life caused by natural disasters. During flood threats emergency measures, such as sand bags and big bags, are often applied to strengthen the flood defences and attempt to prevent breaches. Although these measures...report 2014
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Haffner, M.E.A. (author), Dol, C.P. (author), Heylen, K. (author)Combating poverty and social exclusion is a core policy issue in the European Union (EU). The Statis-tics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) database facilitates analyses of the extent of poverty and social exclusion. One of the indicators built from the database is the at-risk-of-poverty indicator. Applied to households, it indicates...report 2014
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Jonkman, S.N. (author), Van Ledden, M. (author), Lendering, K.T. (author), Mooyaart, L. (author), Stoeten, K.J. (author), De Vries, P. (author), Willems, A. (author), De Kort, R. (author)The objective of this study is to provide suitable candidate solutions for a storm surge barrier in the Bolivar Roads as part of the Ike Dike system and provide recommendations for further research.report 2013
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Bos, R.W. (author), Huisman, T.J. (author), Obers, M.P.W. (author), Schaap, T. (author), Van der Zalm, M. (author)Background The Dutch maritime industry has only limited knowledge about Arctic engineering, in spite of a growing market and interest by the oil and gas industry. This literature survey is the first in a series of three reports to develop a concept design of an Arctic Offshore Support Vessel (AOSV). The purpose is to give a perspective on Arctic...report 2013
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Slomp, R. (author)French version: Le cadre législatif et organisationnel de la gestion du risque dinondation 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...report 2012
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Slomp, R. (author)Comme cest le cas pour la plupart des législations des autres états européens, la législation néerlandaise relative à la gestion du risque dinondation a été contingente des catastrophes; cette attitude du législateur est classique et concerne aussi dautres types de risques. Linfl uence européenne sur cette législation grandit constamment,...report 2012
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Kolen, B. (author), Hommes, S. (author), Huijskes, E. (author)We claim that, in The Netherlands, emergency management for flooding should be seen as an add on to existing emergency planning. Therefore, some specific preparation is required to minimize loss of life and maximize the use of available information, resources and infrastructure. This booklet discusses this preparation based on the experiences...report 2012