The added value of system robustness analysis for flood risk management illustrated by a case on the IJssel River

Mens, M. J. P.; Klijn, F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-213-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-213-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-213-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

Research article

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04 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 04 Feb 2015

The added value of system robustness analysis for flood risk management illustrated by a case on the IJssel River

M. J. P. Mens and F. Klijn

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RC C2069: 'Mens & Klijn', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Sep 2014
RC C2590: 'Comments to the manuscript NHESSD 2, 2913–2945, 2014', Anonymous Referee #4, 28 Nov 2014
AC C2994: 'Authors' response to referee comments', Marjolein Mens, 09 Jan 2015
AC C2997: 'Revised manuscript incorporating referees' comments', Marjolein Mens, 09 Jan 2015

Short summary

Decision makers in fluvial flood risk management increasingly acknowledge that they have to prepare for extreme events. Flood risk is the most common basis on which to compare flood risk-reducing strategies. This paper discusses the added value of robustness as an additional decision criterion compared to single-value flood risk only, by quantifying both metrics for the IJssel River valley in the Netherlands. Results show that robustness analysis is a valuable addition to flood risk analysis.