R Van Buren’s scientific contributions

... At the meso-scale, damage is computed per homogeneous land use areas (i.e., considering the exposed surface area occupied by the infrastructures). Typical examples are the Damage Scanner (Klijn et al., 2007), the Flemish model (Vanneuville et al., 2006), the Rhine-Atlas (ICPR, 2001), and the JCR model (Huizinga, 2007). However, these models do not distinguish among different types of infrastructures, but a single depth-damage function is considered for all typologies. ...

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A conceptual model for the estimation of flood damage to power grids

... The key element in the political debate is which hazard characteristics contribute most to the potential consequences of flooding. Several studies show that mapping the potential occurrence and extent of these variables in so-called hazard maps could be a powerful instrument to inform flood risk managers in general and spatial planners in particular (De Bruijn 2007; EXCIMAP 2007; De Bruijn et al., 2008; Pieterse et al., 2009; De Bruijn & Klijn 2009). With hazard maps, " flood risk management plans shall indicate the objectives of the flood risk management in the concerned areas, and the measures that aim to achieve these objectives " (EXCIMAP 2007). ...

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Flood hazard mapping for spatial planning: Conceptual and methodological considerations