@inproceedings{8023870,
  abstract     = {{Low elevation coastal areas are vulnerable to the effects of sea level rise and to an increase in the frequency and severity of storm surge events due to climate change. Coastal urban areas are at risk because coastal flooding causes extensive damage to energy and transportation infrastructure, disruptions to the delivery of services, devastating tolls on the public's health and, occasionally, significant loss of life. Although scientists widely stress the compelling need to mitigate and adapt to climate change, public awareness lags behind. Because WebGIS maps (web-based geographic information systems) quickly convey strong messages, condense complex information, engage people in issues of environmental change, and motivate personal actions, this paper focusses on searching the ideal flood assessment WebGIS method to encourage people to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Surveys demonstrated that 3D visualisations have an enormous added value because they are more vivid and therefore more understandable and make it easier to imagine the consequences of a flood than 2D visualisations. In this research, the WebGIS will be created using Ol3-Cesium and open layers to visualise a flood event by dynamic layers in a 2D/3D environment.}},
  author       = {{Van Ackere, Samuel and Glas, Hanne and Beullens, Jochem and Deruyter, Greet and De Wulf, Alain and De Maeyer, Philippe}},
  booktitle    = {{INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SAFETY AND SECURITY ENGINEERING}},
  issn         = {{2041-9031}},
  keywords     = {{landscape visualisation,flooding analysis,coastal flooding,WebGIS visualisation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Venice, Italy}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{560--569}},
  title        = {{Development of a 3D dynamic flood WebGIS visualisation tool}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.2495/SAFE-V6-N3-560-569}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}

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