The Use of Individual and Societal Risk Criteria Within the Dutch Flood Safety Policy-Nationwide Estimates of Societal Risk and Policy Applications

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-300

  Jonkman, Sebastiaan N ^a,b   Jongejan, Ruben ^a,c   Maaskant, Bob ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^c Jongejan Risk Management Consulting   (Netherlands)

^d HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flood risk; Individual risk; Loss of life; Quantitative risk analysis; Risk evaluation; Societal risk

Indexed keywords

FLOOD RISKS; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; LOSS OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RISK EVALUATION; SOCIETAL RISKS;

DECISION MAKING; LEVEES; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

FLOODS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; NATURAL HAZARD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79951526182     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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