Security of Flood Defenses / / Jos de Lange.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Lange, Jos de,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Integrated Security Science , 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Summary --; 3. History of flood defenses in the Low Countries --; 4. Delta Plan flood defense --; 5. Storm Surge Barriers --; 6. Flood barriers in defensive strategies --; 7. Flood defenses in offensive strategies --; 8. Systematic analysis of flood barrier technologies --; 9. Calculating security risks --; 10. Terrorism threat and flood defenses --; 11. Conclusions --; 12. Recommendations --; 13. Epilogue --; Appendix --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Bibliography --; Source account --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110622577; 9783110762464; 9783110719567; 9783110616859; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610642; 9783110606461
• ISSN: 2367-0223
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110622577
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jos de Lange.

This book presents new approaches to security risk analysis and scenario building on the basis of water works such as flood barriers and storm surge barriers. Defending flood barriers is not only important because of climate change and rising sea levels, but also due to the vulnerability of fresh water supplies and the increasing number of people living in vulnerable low-lying river and sea deltas.