Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-197-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-197-2020
Research article
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17 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2020

Sandbag replacement systems – a nonsensical and costly alternative to sandbagging?

Lena Lankenau, Christopher Massolle, Bärbel Koppe, and Veronique Krull

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Sandbag and sandbag replacement systems (SBRSs) for flood defence are compared in terms of functionality (practical tests), costs, time, helpers and logistics (fictitious realistic scenarios). SBRSs are comparable in their functionality to sandbagging. All of the SBRSs considered show time-saving and logistical advantages. Under the assumed conditions, the higher investment costs of the SBRSs are offset with one subsequent reuse of the system owing to lower costs for helpers and logistics.
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