**5. Results**

In this section, the outcome of the model will be described using the land use map and different inundation maps for 'Noord-Beveland'. To compare the different types of flood risk in a consistent way, we will compare them in two different ways. One of the comparisons is the 'existing situation', which describes the most plausible inundation scenarios given the characteristics of the regional water system and primary defenses. For extreme rainfall events, the return periods of 1/10, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100 are used, while for large-scale floods the probability maps of 1/400, 1/4000 and 1/40000 are used. The other is the comparison with respect to the safety norms, which describes the amount of damage for all the land uses looking at the different safety norms (i.e. what is socially and politically acceptable). In other words, when looking to extreme rainfall events, an urban area is for example allowed to inundate once every 100 years and with a large-scale flood, the whole area is in the case of Noord-Beveland allowed to inundate once every 4000 years. This means that in the second comparison, the whole area will be inundated to see what the amount of damage will be with respect to the safety norms.
