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....

Man-made lowlands, a future for ancient dykes in the Netherlands

Dikes are part and parcel of the Netherlands. Down through the centuries they have played a role in every attempt to make this country inhabitable – in the reclamation of peatland and marshland, as coastal embankments and to enclose polders and flank rivers. This means they are often cultural heritage features of the highest order as they have...

Afsluitdijk project "The Monument" location

The Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam) is a main dam that forms the fundamental part of the larger Zuiderzee Works that separates the Zuiderzee, a salt water inlet of the North Sea, and turning it into the fresh water lake of the IJsselmeer. It protects the central Netherlands from the effects of the North Sea. It was constructed between 1927 and 1933,...

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...

Assessing Potential Risks of Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Landfill Sites: A Case Study of Pennington Landfill Site - Hampshire, United Kingdom

Coastal zones are highly vulnerable to climate change and its variability. Future projections of global climate change suggest that relative sea-level rise and increased storm frequencies could lead to significant increases in coastal flooding and shoreline erosion. Associated with this, it is likely that coastal hazards can have the potential...

Report on Field Measurements Petten sea defence: Storm Season 2003-2004

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...

Groei bres in Afsluitdijk na dijkdoorbraak

Dit rapport bevat een beschrijving van een studie naar de grootte van de bres die in de Afsluitdijk zal kunnen ontstaan nadat deze dijk is doorgebroken en mar de resulterende verhoging van het IJsselmeerpeil. Het doel van de onderhavige studie is een veilige (dus maximale) voorspelling van de totale te verwachten bresgrootte in de Afsluitdijk na...

Innovatieve waterkeringen

Guide on Sea and Lake dikes

This guide deals with the realisation and maintenance process for sea and lake dikes, dams, separation embankments and compartment dikes, in so far as they are primary flood defences. This guide is part of a coherent series of guides on flood defence (see table 1.1) and builds on the general TAW memorandum Gronslagen voor Waterkeren ...

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.

Sea Defences

The increased demand on reliable design methods for protective structures has resulted in the Netherlands in preparing a set of design guidelines for revetments of the sea-, and river-dikes, and for bank protection. These guidelines are intended for technicians and organizations directly involved in the design and management of protective...

Probabilistic design of sea defences