Enhancing innovation in dike monitoring practice

Enhancing innovation in dike monitoring practice: a case study on the implementation of novel optic fibre pressure sensors

Buist, Emilie (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Applied Sciences)

Flipse, S.M. (mentor)
Bogaard, T.A. (mentor)
Mostert, E. (graduation committee)
Aguilar Lopez, J.P. (graduation committee)
Kalmar, E. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Water Management

DOMINO

2019-02-21

Flooding currently affects 100 million people on average per year globally, and the number is increasing. The performance of dikes under extreme conditions is crucial to societal flood protection. By deploying measurement instruments in and around the embankment, more accurate insights into the actual status of the dike can be achieved that can be used to prevent the failure of a dike.
Despite growing awareness of the potential of dike monitoring techniques and effort put into the development and testing of instruments, implementation of instrumental dike monitoring into regular practice remains scarce. The objective of this thesis is therefore to shed light on the factors that influence the implementation of innovation in dike monitoring practice by: (1) assessing and analysing the barriers and drivers for implementation of innovation in dike monitoring, by studying a case study of novel optic fibre pressure sensors and trying to influence this practice by (2) designing a communication oriented intervention for the development phase that enhances the implementation process.

dike monitoring
water authority
implementation of innovation

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Student theses

master thesis

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