Navigable storm surge barriers for coastal cities: An overview and comparison

Climate Adaptation and Flood Risk in Coastal Cities

Volumn 9781849776899, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-220

  Dircke, Piet ^a   Jongeling, Tom ^b   Jansen, Peter ^c  

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c RIJKSWATERSTAAT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CITIES; STORM SURGES; SURGE BARRIERS;

EID: 84920757429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776899     Document Type: Chapter

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