A CONCISE HISTORY OF RIVERINE FLOODS AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN THE DUTCH RHINE DELTA

Until the twelfth century, riverine floods are reported only sporadically in the Netherlands (Gottschalk, 1971), although the sources are doubtful (Van de Ven, 1993). The number of flood reports gradually increased during the thirteenth century, and in the fourteenth century river floods become a recurrent phenomenon and an acknowledged problem. From that time on, reports on the establishment of flood control systems are found.