Flood damage reduction by compartmentalization of a dike ring: Comparing the effectiveness of three strategies

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-321

  Oost, J ^a   Hoekstra, A Y ^b  

^a ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compartmentalization; Dike ring; Flood risk; Polders; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DIKE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; RISK FACTOR; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 74349098407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2009.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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