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Quantifying Flood Risks in the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Jongejan R. B.,
Maaskant B.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/risa.12285
Subject(s) - flood myth , flood risk assessment , acronym , flood risk management , risk analysis (engineering) , flooding (psychology) , risk assessment , risk management , environmental planning , environmental resource management , probabilistic logic , scale (ratio) , probabilistic risk assessment , computer science , environmental science , business , geography , computer security , cartography , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , finance , artificial intelligence , psychotherapist
The Flood Risk in the Netherlands project (Dutch acronym: VNK2) is a large‐scale probabilistic risk assessment for all major levee systems in the Netherlands. This article provides an overview of the methods and techniques used in the VNK2 project. It also discusses two examples that illustrate the potential of quantitative flood risk assessments such as VNK2 to improve flood risk management processes: (i) informing political debates about the risks of flooding and the effectiveness of risk management actions, and (ii) (re)directing research efforts towards important sources of uncertainty.