Economic optimization of coastal flood defence systems including storm surge barrier closure reliability

Abstract Storm surge barriers are large movable hydraulic structures which close during a storm surge to prevent coastal floods. In the regions they protect, a failure to close the barrier is often the most likely cause for a catastrophic flood. Nevertheless, flood risk assessments usually only focu...

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Main Authors: Leslie F. Mooyaart, Alexander M. R. Bakker, Johan A. van denBogaard, Ties Rijcken, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Flood Risk Management
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12904