Baarda, Esther (2024) Multi-layer safety against flash floods. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
In the Netherlands a policy approach has been created to reduce flood risks. This policy is called multi-layer safety and consists of measures in three layers; prevention, spatial planning and crisis management. It has been created to deal with normal floods, however flash floods are a relatively new phenomenon in the Netherlands that will probably occur more often due to climate change. The purpose of this research is to explore the differences in how multi-layer safety is applied in measures against flash floods as opposed to normal floods. Government documents are used to identify the general implementation of multi-layer safety in regard to normal floods. Then this research examines the measures that have been taken after the flash flood in the south of Limburg. The report in which the measures have been summarised is analysed and additional information about the measures is gained from government documents and websites. The analysis places the measures into the layers of multi-layer safety, and this is compared with the implementation of multi-layer safety in regard to normal floods. The results indicate that measures against normal floods are typically classified as prevention measures, and that a common approach is to only reinforce dikes. In contrast, measures against flash floods are more often classified into the second layer of spatial planning, although there are also measures that belong in the first layer, making measures against flash floods more diverse than measures against normal floods. Measures regarding crisis management are generally neither taken against normal floods nor against flash floods. It is recommended to do further research into the reasons for this difference and whether the type of flood matters for the effectiveness of measures.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Busscher, T. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2024 12:46 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2024 12:46 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4574 |
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