Towards Improved Flood Defences

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...

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description 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 weather is becoming increasingly common. The Flood Protection Programme, the largest Dutch water safety operation since the Delta Works, will help us minimise the likelihood of flooding. New knowledge and innovation are urgently needed The Dutch dikes have stood firm for more than 1,000 years. After disasters in 1916 and 1953, storm surge barriers and dams have been added to the network of protective dikes. Following the floods in 1993 and 1995, the Room for the River programme was implemented. New knowledge of flood risks led to the introduction of new, often stricter standards for flood defences in 2017. Funder: NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences P15-21.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1601712025-05-22T11:43:22Z Towards Improved Flood Defences Kok, Matthijs Cortes Arevalo, Juliette Vos, Martijn flood defences safety standards dikes risk framework flood risk management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNF Hydraulic engineering thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNF Hydraulic engineering::TNFL Flood control thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGB Physical geography and topography::RGBP Coastlines 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 weather is becoming increasingly common. The Flood Protection Programme, the largest Dutch water safety operation since the Delta Works, will help us minimise the likelihood of flooding. New knowledge and innovation are urgently needed The Dutch dikes have stood firm for more than 1,000 years. After disasters in 1916 and 1953, storm surge barriers and dams have been added to the network of protective dikes. Following the floods in 1993 and 1995, the Room for the River programme was implemented. New knowledge of flood risks led to the introduction of new, often stricter standards for flood defences in 2017. Funder: NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences P15-21. 2025-05-22T11:43:22Z 2025-05-22T11:43:22Z 2022 book ONIX_20250522T133704_9789463665483_23 9789463665483 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160171 eng none image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://store.printservice.nl/ustorethemes/HR/150/nl-NL/products/4507/Towards-Improved-Flood-Defences/ https://books.open.tudelft.nl/home/catalog/view/31/53/122 TU Delft OPEN Publishing 10.34641/mg.31 10.34641/mg.31 6e038278-520e-4e74-a239-d06f0d179364 9789463665483 open access
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thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNF Hydraulic engineering::TNFL Flood control
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Towards Improved Flood Defences
title Towards Improved Flood Defences
title_full Towards Improved Flood Defences
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title_full_unstemmed Towards Improved Flood Defences
title_short Towards Improved Flood Defences
title_sort towards improved flood defences
topic flood defences
safety standards
dikes
risk framework
flood risk management
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNF Hydraulic engineering
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNF Hydraulic engineering::TNFL Flood control
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management
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topic_facet flood defences
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thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNF Hydraulic engineering::TNFL Flood control
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thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGB Physical geography and topography::RGBP Coastlines
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