Security of Flood Defenses /

Security of Flood Defenses / / 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 wa...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
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Lange, Jos de,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Integrated Security Science , 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 180 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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