Accidental use of earth bodies as flood defence: The Vlaardingen case study

An overview of the upgrade of the railroad dike in Vlaardingen to a full sea defence, creating in this way a multifunctional flood defence.

A method to calculate the probability of dike failure due to wave overtopping, including the infragravity waves and morphological changes

In this thesis, a method was developed, with which the infragravity waves and morphological changes of a sandy foreshore are included in the calculation of the probability of dike failure due to wave overtopping. Constructing a natural foreshore in front of the dike can be an attractive and innovative method to decrease the failure probability....

Coastal defence cost estimates: Case study of the Netherlands, New Orleans and Vietnam

This study is part of a global study on the costs of adaptation to the effects of climate change. It adds information from three specific case studies (the Netherland, New Orleans and Vietnam) to the global study. The case study areas are comparable by type of coast; all are low-lying deltaic coastal areas. This study investigates the unit cost...

Management and Maintenance of Dikes and Banks

As a low-lying and highly developed country, the Netherlands is continuously facing potential flooding disasters. That’s why we need strong safe water-retaining structures like sea and river-dikes. Moreover half of the country lies below mean high water level. Without dikes more than half of the country would be endangered by flooding. About 60%...

Hydraulic and coastal structures in international perspective

The objective of this paper is to bring some international perspectives on the policy, design, construction, and monitoring aspects of Hydraulic and Coastal Structures in general, and whenever possible, to present some comparison (or reasons for differences) between the experiences of various countries and/or geographical regions. This chapter...

Sea defence and flood protection in the Netherlands

The 1400 km Dutch coastline is affected by sea level rise. At this moment a legal framework is made to guarantee the safety of dikes also in future. Also a national policy id developed for compensation of all coastal erosion. Both measures should make it possible for the Netherlands to survive an increased sea-level rise,

Sea defence and flood protection in the Netherlands anticipating increased sea-level rise

The 1400 km Dutch coastline is affected by sea-level rise. At this moment a legal framework is made to guarantee safety of the dikes also in future. Also a national policy is developed for compensation of all coastal erosion. Both measures should make it possible for the Netherlands to survive an increased sea-level rise.