DYNAMICS OF GEO-INFORMATICS TO SUPPORT FLOOD MANAGEMENT: experiences in the Netherlands

Abstract

Support to flood management as experienced in the Netherlands is both a matter of building up of knowledge, expertise and experience in a long historical context, and, more recently a matter of response to flood (risk) circumstances requiring the support of advanced geo-spatial information technology for adequate and dynamic decision making in case of a (possible) disaster event, managerial and operational. The two matters are explained in detail in this contribution.