Author(s): Remy Tourment; Michael Wallis; Bruno Beullac; Andreas Kortenhaus; David M. Schaaf; Harry Schelfhout
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Keywords: Flood protection; Levee systems; Risk analysis; Levee assessment; Methods
Abstract: Levees are part of systems that protect against flooding. Flood risk assessment of protected areas is particularly important to communicate flood risk, integrate it in various policies, actions and measures, and to reduce it. This paper, following recent advances from international projects, details key adaptations of the general concept of risk analysis to levees and the differences and complementarities between levee assessment and flood risk analysis. An analytical method of levee systems risk analysis integrating functional analysis and failure mode analysis is also presented.
Year: 2014