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Tariq, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman (author), Farooq, Rashid (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author)Modern-day flood management has evolved into a variety of flood management alternatives. The selection of appropriate flood measures is crucial under a variety of flood management practices, approaches, and assessment criteria. Many leading countries appraise the significance of risk-based flood management, but the fixed return period is still...review 2020
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Du, Shiqiang (author), Scussolini, Paolo (author), Ward, Philip J. (author), Zhang, Min (author), Wen, Jiahong (author), Wang, Luyang (author), Koks, Elco (author), Diaz-Loaiza, Andres (author), Gao, Jun (author), Ke, Q. (author), Aerts, Jeroen C.J.H. (author)Flood risk is expected to increase in coastal cities, particularly in Asian megacities such as Shanghai. This paper presents an integrated modeling framework to simulate changes in the flood risk in Shanghai and provide a cost-benefit analysis of multiple adaptation strategies used to reduce risk. The results show that the potential flood...journal article 2020
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Hoseini, E. (author), Van Veen, Pim (author), Bosch-Rekveldt, M.G.C. (author), Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (author)Current literature shows that poor cost performance in projects has become routine. Research on cost performance has mostly focused on one of the involved parties, either the client or the contractor. Not many research efforts discuss the cost contingency performance of projects. This research discusses the cost performance and cost...journal article 2020
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Jia, L. (author), Qian, QK (author), Meijer, F.M. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)The implementation of energy retrofit of residential buildings faces many risks around the world, especially in China, leading to low retrofit progress. Stakeholders’ proactive risk management is the key to the smooth implementation of retrofit projects but is normally affected by risk perception. Perceived risks instead of real risks are the...journal article 2020
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Hoseini, E. (author), Bosch-Rekveldt, M.G.C. (author), Hertogh, M.J.C.M. (author)The current literature discusses the methods to estimate the costs and cost contingency. The literature also distinguishes "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns" contingencies. Little is written, however, about the evolvement of total project cost estimates during the preconstruction phase of construction projects. Moreover, not many studies...journal article 2020
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Juan, Andrew (author), Gori, Avantika (author), Sebastian, Antonia (author)In this study, we compare the ability of two riverine flood control approaches: channelization and stream preservation/setbacks, to alleviate the adverse impacts of rapid urbanization. To study the effects of structural intervention and urban development on the evolution of the floodplain, we have chosen two neighboring urban watersheds in...journal article 2020
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Ciullo, A. (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), De Bruijn, Karin M. (author), Doorn, N. (author), Klijn, F. (author)Flood risk management decisions in many countries are based on decision-support frameworks which rely on cost-benefit analyses. Such frameworks are seldom informative about the geographical distribution of risk, raising questions on the fairness of the proposed policies. In the present work, we propose a new decision criterion that accounts...journal article 2020
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Marino, Pasquale (author), Peres, David J. (author), Cancelliere, Antonino (author), Greco, Roberto (author), Bogaard, T.A. (author)Empirical thresholds indicating the meteorological conditions leading to shallow landslide triggering are one of the most important components of landslide early warning systems (LEWS). Thresholds have been determined for many parts of the globe and present significant margins of improvement, especially for the high number of false alarms...journal article 2020
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Shishkov, Boris (author), Verbraeck, A. (author)Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) are designed to deal with normal variability in their inputs and data. Empowered by CONTEXT-AWARENESS, some EIS even count on sensors and/or data analytics for capturing changes outside of the system. Nevertheless, context-awareness would often fail when EIS are affected by (large-scale) disruptive events,...conference paper 2020
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Ale, B.J.M. (author), Hartford, Des N.D. (author), Slater, David H. (author)Since Nassim Taleb coined black swan as an event that occurred as a complete surprise for everybody, the metaphor of the black swan has been applied to a much wider variety of events. Black swan events now comprise events that are a surprise for some but not for others, events that have a low likelihood, events that were not believed to be...journal article 2020
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Thaler, Thomas (author), Doorn, N. (author), Hartmann, Thomas (author)In view of the anticipated climate change, many countries face increasing risks of flooding. Since the end of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, the traditional hard flood protection measures have been increasingly complemented with spatial flood risk reduction measures. These measures, though in the public interest and as such, benefitting many...journal article 2020
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Abdeldayem, Omar M. (author), Eldaghar, Omar (author), Mostafa, Mohamed K. (author), Habashy, Mahmoud M. (author), Hassan, Ahmed A. (author), Mahmoud, Hossam (author), Morsy, Karim M. (author), Abdelrady, Ahmed (author), Peters, Robert W. (author)This paper aims to propose methods to mitigate the risks of flash flood events in arid rural communities with poor infrastructure. A flash flood management case study was conducted at Afouna Village in Egypt, which is characterized by an arid climate and faced a devasting flash flood in 2015. First, the flash flood was modelled and it was...journal article 2020
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Perrone, Antonio (author)Cooperation figured prominently in the Dutch construction industry’s agenda over the past years. In 2016, major clients, sector organizations and the relevant market parties officially committed to promote a culture based on good cooperation and healthy relationships by signing the "Market Vision" (De Marktvisie, 2016). This document illustrates...master thesis 2019
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Georgiou, Sarantis (author)This thesis elaborates on a theoretical, epistemological and design research framework for the possibility of an operative synthesis of, on the one hand, climate-related risk management (primarily, flood exposure from multiple source, i.e. sea level rise and coastal/tidal flooding, fluvial flooding and pluvial flooding) and, on the other, the...master thesis 2019
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Chen, Xi (author)Nuclear energy is one of the most sustainable and clean energies in the world. It has been widely applied for electricity generation since 1954. However, the safety issues are always perceived as the big concerns for nuclear power development. Therefore, level 2 PSA has been developed in order to investigate the accident progression and...master thesis 2019
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Mantzouka, Athanasia (author)Due to the inherent complexity and innovative character of construction projects, the role of risk management has become increasingly crucial. Dealing with the multifaceted risks associated with international construction projects is important in order not only to make sure that the project objectives are secured but also to make profit. It is...master thesis 2019
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Janetzky, Alex (author)The construction sector has rather poorly developed organisational learning capabilities (Styhre, Josephson, & Knauseder, 2004) and this results in lessons not being learned and applied in future projects. Lessons learned form the intellectual assets of an organisation and can help to reduce project risks (Carrillo, Ruikar, & Fuller,...master thesis 2019
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Unger, Eva-Maria (author), Bennett, Rohan (author), Lemmen, Christiaan (author), Zevenbergen, Jaap (author), Dijkstra, Paula (author), de Zeeuw, Kees (author)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its defined Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), together with other policies such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, or the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) stimulate...conference paper 2019
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van den Broek, Hidde (author)Flood risk management is the process of analysing, assessing and (if required) reducing flood risks, in terms of economic costs and affected population or loss of life. The analysis is performed through a probabilistic approach in which the factors are represented by a probability distribution function to address uncertainties. However, relevant...master thesis 2019
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Leung, Ranee (author)There are several prevailing issues regarding major altered states of extreme weather events. For instance, storm surges, sea-level rise, and droughts have all resulted in many regions left with critical systems and interdependencies exposed. The impact and risk of modern disasters have caused substantial adverse socio-economic impacts by...master thesis 2019