Print Email Facebook Twitter Analysis of drainage system in Georgetown, Guyana Title Analysis of drainage system in Georgetown, Guyana Author Remmers, J. Muller, J.R.M. van Montfort, R. Jaspers Focks, T. Vijn, P. Dorrepaal, S. van Wijngaarden, M. Contributor Winterwerp, J.C. (mentor) Pasterkamp, S. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering / Structural Engineering Project Master project report Date 2016-12-01 Abstract In 2015 Georgetown, Guyana suffered from major flooding due to heavy rainfall. The use of a centuries-old agricultural drainage system for the urban drainage of the largest urbanized area of Guyana, poses problems considering flood safety. In 2016 a report was published by a ‘Dutch Risk Reduction Team’ (DRR Team) with recommendations on how to reduce the current flood vulnerability. Based on the recommendations from this DRR report. A team of seven students from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, went to Georgetown and analysed the drainage system in more detail. Several methods were developed in collaboration with local students and experts which can be used to analyse the system. This was done to increase the local capability of knowledge-based decision making on drainage issues in Guyana. This student’s induced project comprises three elements of the urban drainage system: the primary drainage channels, the local (secondary and tertiary) drainage canals, and the outlet structures. The work focussed primarily on the catchment area named South-Ruimveldt. Subject drainageGuyanaHEC-RASGeorgetownDRR To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c379eeca-5573-4971-ae22-1eaabc0f576c Coordinates 6.8, -58.166667 Part of collection Student theses Document type student report Rights (c) 2016 The Author(s) Files PDF Final Report - Project Ge ... getown.pdf 7.4 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c379eeca-5573-4971-ae22-1eaabc0f576c/datastream/OBJ/view