Optimal system safety targets

Incorporating hydrodynamic interactions in an economic cost-benefit analysis for flood defence systems

Doctoral thesis (2019)

Authors

E.J.C. Dupuits Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
Research Group
Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 E.J.C. Dupuits
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:55ab05c5-4075-4546-81e7-944366c27be9
Flood risk Cost-benefit analysis System reliability Flood defences Economic optimisation
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

Historically, people in flood-prone areas world-wide have (to a certain degree) accepted the risk of being flooded because of the benefits that flood-prone areas can provide; examples of such benefits are rich agricultural lands or trade advantages. Acceptance and benefits notwithstanding, people living in flood-prone areas have tried, and will continue to try, to reduce and manage their vulnerability and degree of exposure to floods. A typical risk reduction measure is building flood defences...

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