Water security is an expression of resilience. In the recent past, scientists and public
organizations have built considerable work around this concept launched in 2013 by the …

Flooding is a threatening human/climate-induced hazard and the expected increase in the
frequency and severity of floods is challenging cities worldwide. Modern flood risk …

Open-topped woven polypropylene cellular containers filled with dense granular ballasts
are often used as emergency flood defence structures. The effectiveness of these systems is …

Flood defences are in practice often multi‐used, multi‐managed and multi‐financed. Flood
defence asset management contains technical, organizational and spatial complex issues …

Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) is the process by which decisions are made and
resources allocated to ensure organisational or societal assets continue to deliver, as …

Despite efforts at the national and international levels to mitigate adverse effects of climate
change on the environment and human health in developing countries, there is still a paucity …

Uncertainties about climate change consequences, changing societal requirements and
system complexity require flood protection asset managers to continuously evaluate their …

With the rapid development of urbanization in China, urban waterlogging has become a
significant problem in constructing the safety of the human environment. As an essential …

Due to increasing flood risks, storm surge barriers become crucial for the socioeconomic
continuity of coastal areas. They provide flood protection, especially against extreme events …

The low-lying coastal areas of the countries around the North Sea are exposed to flooding
and the influence of sea level rise. The countries in the North Sea Region need to continue …