Towards Improved Flood Defences Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety Standards

• Other Authors: Kok, Matthijs (Editor), Cortes Arevalo, Juliette (Editor), Vos, Martijn (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Delft TU Delft Open 2022
• Subjects: Technology, engineering, agriculture; flood defences; safety standards; dikes; risk framework; flood risk management
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Without our dikes and dunes, 60% of the Netherlands would flood on a regular basis. This area is home to 9 million people. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, February 2022) underlines the importance of reinforcing water safety. Sea levels are rising and extreme...