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State of the Art in Storm-Surge Protection: The Netherlands Delta Project
Type: Text
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Finkl Jr., Charles W., Watson, Ian
Description: A multi-billion dollar complex of coastal construction protects the delta-estuarine region
of the south-west Netherlands from a repeat of the 1953storm-surge flooding that killed
1835.Eight documented storm-surge flood disasters date back to 1717.The Delta Project
became effective in terms of flood protection in 1986, but sections of it are still under
construction. One of the world's… more
Full Text: Journal of Coastal Research 739-764 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Summer 1990 .tllllllll!. ~ ~. e • TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION State of the Art in Storm-Surge Protection: The Netherlands Delta Project Ian Watson and Charles W Finkl, Jnr. Department of Geology …