Dr.chris Zevenbergen
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
Biography
Chris Zevenbergen is (full-time) professor at the Water Engineering Department of IHE Delft and at TU Delft, The Netherlands and visiting professor at the Southeast University (SEU), China. Chris Zevenbergen leads the Flood Resilience Chair Group at IHE Delft. He is also Project Director of DeltaCap, a capacity development program to support the implementation of the Delta Plan in Bangladesh. From 1999 to 2012 he was director Business Development of Dura Vermeer, one of the largest contractors in The Netherlands. He was also a Member of the Board of the Public Private Innovation Platform Clean Tech Delta (CTD), The Netherlands, from 2012 to 2014.
Research Interest
Flood Resilience of Urban Systems
Publications
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Configuring transformative governance to enhance resilient urban water systems.
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Room for the River: International Relevance. Water Governance, Special Issue 3, The governance of creating more room for the river
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Climate change uncertainty: building flexibility into water and flood risk infrastructure.
