Flood risk assessment in the Netherlands: A case study for dike ring South Holland

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1357-1374

  Jonkman, Sebastiaan N ^a,b   Kok, Matthijs ^a,c   Vrijling, Johannes K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood defense; Flood risk; Loss of life; Quantitative risk analysis; Risk evaluation

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL;

FLOOD DEFENSE; FLOOD RISKS; LOSS OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RISK EVALUATION;

FLOODS;

COASTAL ZONE; DIKE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL;

ARTICLE; FLOODING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIETY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 52449134851     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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