Video: Time for Flood Safety

The Councils for the Environment and Infrastructure (RLI), the Netherlands, published their advisory report 'Time for Flood Safety' in September 2012.

The Netherlands has to be protected against floods even better than at present. The risks are increasing; not only the probability of flooding, but also the consequences of a dike breaching in terms of economic damage and the number of casualties. But how can we better ensure that our country is protected against flooding?