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Historical floods in the Dutch Rhine Delta
University of Heidelberg, Department of Geography, INF 348, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Abstract. Historical records provide direct information about the climatic impact on society. Especially great natural disasters such as river floods have been for long attracting the attention of humankind. Time series for flood development on the Rhine branches Waal, Nederrijn/Lek and IJssel in the Dutch Rhine Delta are presented in this paper. In the case of the Waal it is even possible to compare historical flood frequencies based on documentary data with the recent development reconstructed from standardized instrumental measurements. In brief, we will also discuss various parameters concerning the structure of the flood series and the "human dimension" of natural disaster, i.e. the vulnerability of society when facing natural disasters.
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Citation: Glaser, R. and Stangl, H.: Historical floods in the Dutch Rhine Delta, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 3, 605-613, doi:10.5194/nhess-3-605-2003, 2003. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
