The International Levee Handbook: flood embankment good practice

A collection of international good practice and guidance on the design, construction, maintenance and improvement of levees (flood embankments).

From:
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Environment Agency
Published
22 February 2021
Category:
Whole life asset management
Topics:
Asset maintenance, Asset monitoring, Design and build, Deterioration, Resilient infrastructure
Project status:
Completed
Project code:
SC100001
Date of completion:
31 March 2014

Documents

International Levee Handbook

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Details

The International Levee Handbook is a collection of good practice and guidance on the design, construction, maintenance and improvement of levees (flood embankments). It investigates the specific challenges faced during the lifecycle of levees.

This handbook offers international good practice on levees based on current knowledge and experience from six countries. It provides a decision support framework for competent engineers, rather than a prescriptive decision-making code of practice. The handbook is relevant to the types of flood embankment managed by the Environment Agency, private owners and other operating authorities in the UK.

This project ran from 2010 to 2014.

Published 22 February 2021