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

• Andere auteurs: Kok, Matthijs (Redacteur), Cortes Arevalo, Juliette (Redacteur), Vos, Martijn (Redacteur)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Delft TU Delft Open 2022
• Onderwerpen: Technology, engineering, agriculture; flood defences; safety standards; dikes; risk framework; flood risk management
• Online toegang: 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...