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    • The Vulnerability of Damaged River and Lake Dikes for Wave Overtopping 

      Bergeijk, Vera M. van; Verdonk, Vincent A.; Warmink, Jord J.; Hulscher, Suzanne J. M. H. (2021)
      Wave overtopping results in erosion of grass-covered flood defenses which can result in a dike breach. Damages to the dike cover decrease the cover strength and simultaneously increase the hydraulic load on the dike cover. ...

    • The “Flood Damage Models” repository 

      Bombelli, Irene; Molinari, Daniela; Asaridis, Panagiotis; Ballio, Francesco (2021)
      Flood damage assessment is a quite recent topic in flood risk management, nevertheless, several tools are now available for flood damage estimation which are characterised by different levels of robustness and reliability, ...

    • Uncertainty estimate of flood hazard for an extreme flood 

      Paquier, André (2021)
      Hydrodynamic models are usually calibrated from historical events observations and then used for estimating the flood hazard for more extreme floods. In such a case, the uncertainty related to the calibration process is ...

    • Understanding flood vulnerability of buildings in US: A perspective through claims data 

      Vishnu, Navya; Wojtkiewicz, Raulina; Ramanathan, Karthik (2021)
      The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is the largest provider of flood insurance to residential homes and small businesses in the United States for the last 50 years. This study leverages 40 years of data from the ...

    • Web and App-based management of flood emergency plans at local entities level 

      Loizu, Javier; Ruiz, Amaya; Varela, Ana; Castiella, Ana; Zaragüeta, Eva; Vizcay, Nekane; Pérez, César; Sanz, Luis; Macias, Isabel (2021)
      Different types of floods are frequently causing important economic and personal damages in a variety of locations within Navarre, a region located in northern Spain. Navarre is found very close to the Cantabrian sea, but ...