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Structural Flood Protection

Structural Flood Protection is a form of flood risk management that employs physical infrastructure such as dams, levees, floodwalls, and drainage systems to control or mitigate floodwaters, distinguished from non-structural approaches by its reliance on engineered constructions to alter or restrict hydrological processes.

167

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7.2K

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503

Authors

229

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2017–2026

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167

An overview of flood actions on buildings

Ilan Kelman, Robin Spence · Engineering Geology · 2004 · 302 citations

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Global-scale benefit–cost analysis of coastal flood adaptation to different flood risk drivers using structural measures

Timothy Tiggeloven, Hans de Moel, Hessel Winsemius et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences · 2020 · 220 citations · Full text

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Non-structural Flood Protection and Sustainability

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz · Water International · 2002 · 209 citations

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Flood protection and management: quo vadimus?

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Kuniyoshi Takeuchi · Hydrological Sciences Journal · 1999 · 161 citations · Full text

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Overview of New Orleans Levee Failures: Lessons Learned and Their Impact on National Levee Design and Assessment

G. L. Sills, Noah Vroman, Ronald E. Wahl et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · 2008 · 158 citations

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Authors

503

  1. ZW
    Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

    Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    4 publications · 508 citations

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  2. PV
    Pieter van Gelder

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  3. AH
    Annegret H. Thieken

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    3 publications · 240 citations

    3

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  4. GD
    Giuliano Di Baldassarre

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    3 publications · 343 citations

    3

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  5. MV
    M.Z. Voorendt

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 87 citations

    3

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Institutions

229

  1. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. HR Wallingford

    Wallingford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    458 citations

  3. United States Army Corps of Engineers

    Washington, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    807 citations

  4. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

    Delft, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    669 citations

  5. University of Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    528 citations

  6. Deltares

    Delft, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    962 citations

  7. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    3 h-index

    23 publications

    736 citations

  8. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    265 citations

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Venues

  1. Natural Hazards

    7 publications · 387 citations

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  2. Natural hazards and earth system sciences

    6 publications · 573 citations

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  3. Engineering Geology

    5 publications · 499 citations

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  4. Water Resources Research

    5 publications · 79 citations

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  5. Journal of Flood Risk Management

    5 publications · 238 citations

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