Life safety criteria for flood protection standards

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 357, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-25

  Beckers, Joost V L ^a   De Bruijn, Karin M ^a   Riedstra, Durk ^b  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU flood directive; Flooding; Individual risk; Risk; Societal risk

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FLOOD PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS LOCATION; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-BASED APPROACH; SOCIETAL RISKS;

ECONOMICS; FLOOD CONTROL; OIL WELL FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; STANDARDS;

FLOODS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; FLOOD CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84883390813     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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