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Jonkman, S.N. (author), Schweckendiek, T. (author)Failure of flood defences during extreme events can lead to enormous damage and loss of life. This paper presents lessons learned from investigations of flood events over recent years, including the 2005 flooding in New Orleans, USA, caused by hurricane Katrina. Based on these findings, new developments in the field of research, design and...journal article 2015
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Draisma, R.M. (author)The four blast furnace blowers at Tata Steel IJmuiden are essential for the operation of the blast furnaces. The blast blowers are steam turbines that drive large air compressors, with a power up to 37MW. In the last four years the blast blowers have suffered from a higher unplanned downtime than is acceptable for the company. This situation...master thesis 2015
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Boers, W. (author)Aim of this graduation project is to improve the resilience of the Broad Channel Community against future storm surge. The design of the Broad Channel Resilience Center strengthens the community by adding social functions, educates and forms consensus for resilient living and serves a relief function after a storm surge.master thesis 2015
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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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Grinsted, A. (author), Jevrejeva, S. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author), Dahl-Jensen, D. (author)Sea level rise poses a significant threat to coastal communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems. Sea level rise is not uniform globally but is affected by a range of regional factors. In this study, we calculate regional projections of 21st century sea level rise in northern Europe, focusing on the British Isles, the Baltic Sea, and the North...journal article 2015
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Gijon, A. (author), Kala, Y. (author), Monteban, D. (author), Sasikumar, A. (author), Songy, G. (author)Voorne-Putten is an island located in the delta region of the Netherlands. The island is surrounded by a dike ring which consists of dikes, dunes, and hydraulic structures. The flood risk in Voorne-Putten was assessed to be unacceptable according to the measure of local individual risk. The maximum allowable local individual risk in the...student report 2015
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Dulfer, C.E. (author)The Ecostress project has the intention to develop systems and methodologies to observe changes in urban coastal areas. Within this project, the Wadden Sea is taken as a pilot area. The goal is to produce tools to assess human, social and environmental impacts, such as the spatial risk and socio-environmental impacts of coastal urbanization. One...master thesis 2015
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Suijkens, Sven (author)The global economical losses caused by flooding have increased over the last 50 years (IPCC, 2014; UNISDR, 2013). Deltares and HKV are developing new methods to quantify flood risk on a global scale. A Flood Risk Assessment Tool (FIAT) is used to performcalculations. The definition of risk is hazard x exposure x vulnerability. FIAT is able to...bachelor thesis 2015
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Warren, A. (author)Water Resources Management (WRM) problems are now recognised for their complexity. Approaches for dealing with these problems must integrate a variety of interests, perspectives, values and knowledge into their potential solutions. They must also confront and manage problem uncertainties. The involvement of stakeholders in these approaches is...master thesis 2015
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Leontaris, G. (author)During the past years a lot of attention has been drawn towards the development of renewables, due to the expected depletion of fossil fuels and political decisions. Offshore wind energy is considered as one of the most promising renewable energy sources, however the cost of offshore wind farms have not yet reached competitive levels. Hence...master thesis 2015
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Gaitan, S. (author), Ten Veldhuis, J.A.E. (author), Van de Giesen, N.C. (author)An increase of urban flood risks is expected for the following decades not only because climate is becoming more extreme, but also because population and asset densities in cities are increasing. There is a need for models that can explain the damage process of urban flooding and support damage prevention. Recent improvements in flood modeling...journal article 2015
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Ooms, J.C. (author)In this thesis we describe a general framework to determine counterparty credit risk. Interest rates as risk factor will in this framework be generated by a Monte Carlo simulation and described by means of a stochastic model. We describe three equilibrium models that can apply the interest rate simulation. The characteristics of these models on...master thesis 2015
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Sales Ortells, H. (author)Water features in urban areas are increasingly perceived by citizens as a positive element because they provide aesthetic quality to the neighbourhood and offer recreation opportunities. They may also lead, however, to increased health risks due to the potential presence of waterborne pathogens. Exposure of humans to pathogens in urban water...doctoral thesis 2015
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Osmanoglou, Defne (author)Flood safety in low-lying delta regions has been a challenge of all ages. Societies worldwide have been trying to protect themselves against flood hazards for centuries. Floods in vulnerable urban regions are often caused by heavy rainfall, high river flow, extreme sea levels, or combinations of those three. Currently, there is a lack of tools...master thesis 2015
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Bhatt, K. (author)Report written for the course of Project Safety Science under the supervision of Dr.ir. F. Koornneef.student report 2015
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Peters, T. (author), Jongerius, Y.R. (author), Franken, J.T. (author), Ponsioen, L.A. (author), Tieleman, O.C. (author)The Tam Giang-Cau Hai lagoon system, lying in the Thua Thien-Hue province in central Vietnam, is affected by a tropical monsoon climate. This among others is the reason the Cau Hai Lagoon area has a long history of floods and other water related problems. Inhabitants are very dependent on the lagoon, as the main sources of income of people...student 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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Kalkowska, D.A. (author), Duintjer Tebbens, R.J. (author), Pallansch, M.A. (author), Cochi, S.L. (author), Wassilak, S.G.F. (author), Thompson, K.M. (author)Background Most poliovirus infections occur with no symptoms and this leads to the possibility of silent circulation, which complicates the confirmation of global goals to permanently end poliovirus transmission. Previous simple models based on hypothetical populations assumed perfect detection of symptomatic cases and suggested the need to...journal article 2015
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Hattangadi, N. (author)In recent years, information technology (IT) has grown from an enabling technology to an important technology we depend on in our everyday lives. For example, IT is required for the proper functioning of personal devices that store our personal information, but is also present in the on-board computers in pacemakers and systems controlling...master thesis 2015
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Tsimopoulou, V. (author), Kok, M. (author), Vrijling, J.K. (author)After the flood disaster of 1953, the Netherlands adopted a rational approach to flood risk management with the use of protection standards determined by means of cost-benefit analysis. Due to scientific and political developments that have recently taken place, an update of the Dutch protection standards is being undertaken. One of the major...journal article 2015