RECONNAISSANCE LEVEL STUDIES ON A STORM SURGE BARRIER FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON BAY

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman; Leslie Mooyaart; Mathijs van Ledden; Kasper Stoeten; Peter de Vries; Kasper Lendering; Ad van der Toorn; Arno Willems; William J Merrell

doi:10.9753/icce.v34.structures.46

No. 34 (2014), Coastal Structures

No. 34 (2014)

RECONNAISSANCE LEVEL STUDIES ON A STORM SURGE BARRIER FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON BAY

Coastal Structures

https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.structures.46

Published 2014-10-28

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman⁺⁻
Leslie Mooyaart⁺⁻
Mathijs van Ledden
Kasper Stoeten
Peter de Vries
Kasper Lendering
Ad van der Toorn
Arno Willems
William J Merrell

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman

Delft University of Technology

Leslie Mooyaart

Royal HaskoningDHV

Mathijs van Ledden

Kasper Stoeten

Peter de Vries

Kasper Lendering

Ad van der Toorn

Arno Willems

William J Merrell

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Keywords

storm surge barrier
hurricanes
probabilistic analysis
flood risk
coastal protection
flood defences

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Jonkman, S. N., Mooyaart, L., van Ledden, M., Stoeten, K., de Vries, P., Lendering, K., van der Toorn, A., Willems, A., & Merrell, W. J. (2014). RECONNAISSANCE LEVEL STUDIES ON A STORM SURGE BARRIER FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON BAY. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(34), structures.46. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.structures.46

Abstract

The Houston - Galveston area is at significant risk from hurricane induced storm surges. This paper summarizes ongoing studies on flood risk reduction for the region. Firstly, based on a simplified probabilistic hurricane surge model , the return periods of surges within the bay have been estimated. This model framework can be used to assess the effectiveness of several risk reduction interventions. Sketch- and conceptual designs have been made of a storm surge barrier in the Bolivar Roads, that would be part of the Ike Dike coastal protection concept. Such a storm surge barrier would consist of two parts, an environmental section for flow requirements (consisting of caissons with vertical gates) and a navigation section of the barrier (consisting of a barge gate), which would allow unhindered passage of navigation during normal conditions. Future questions and challenges for flood risk reduction in the Bay are identified.

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