Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways for flood risk management in Galveston Bay

Making informed flood defence decisions for an uncertain future

Master thesis (2024)

Authors

M.W. van Herwijnen Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Contributors

E.C. van Berchum (mentor)
Sebastiaan N. Jonkman Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG (mentor)
M. Pregnolato Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG (mentor)
J.S. Timmermans Policy Analysis - TPM (mentor)
Faculty
Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Civil Engineering & Geosciences
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Published Date

05-04-2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Abstract

Making decisions when future conditions are uncertain is a challenging endeavor. This thesis develops a framework to analyse flood risk and create Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways, which can provide insights in the behaviour of flood risk protection measures in many future scenarios. The pathways are used to identify robust measures, dead ends and compare measures. The framework is applied to a case study in the Galveston Bay area.