Security of Flood Defenses / Jos de Lange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lange, Jos de, Author.

Series:

Integrated security science ; Volume 2.

Integrated Security Science ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flood control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9783110620719

3110620715

9783110622577

3110622572

OCLC:

1110717297