The Integrated River Basin Management group focuses on complex decision-making in river basins. Water resources development, river and flood-plain management and policy analysis projects are carried out by multi-disciplinary teams. Not only the natural systems, but also the related socio-economic and institutional aspects are addressed. Projects are carried out both in the Netherlands and abroad.

River Basin Management deals with technical, as well as socio-economic and ecological aspects and calls for an integrated approach. We developed such an approach during the preparation of the Netherlands' national water master plans. This approach consists of a comprehensive set of analysis steps, supported by mathematical tools for the analysis of natural resource systems in a socio-economic context. Using this approach we support water, river and floodplain managers world-wide in structuring complex decision-making processes and provide technical know-how for effective evaluation of planning alternatives. Information management systems, decision support systems and simulation models are important tools in our research and consultancy.

Flood plain forests along the Danube River

specialist advice

• Water resources management
• Master planning and policy development
• Water supply and demand assessment
• Floodplain management
• Integrated flood control management
• EU Flood Directive
• River master planning and policy development
• River rehabilitation
• Environmental impact analysis

key projects

book

Water Resources Systems Planning and Management - introduction to methods, models and applications
want to know more?

• Water resources management through integrated development (Water REMIND) Central Cebu, the Phillipines (in PDF)
• Integrated Water Resources Management for the Sistan closed inland Delta, Iran
• Introducing environmental flow assessment in Bangladesh (in PDF)
• PEAT-CO₂: Assessment of CO₂ emissions from drained peatlands in Southeast Asia (report in PDF)
• Modelling the hydrology of the Danube delta, in support of sustainable management
  (in PDF format)
• Technical Assistance Services for Lake Nasser Flood and Drought Control / Integration of Climate Change Uncertainty and Flooding Risk (in PDF)
• Planning Kit for the Rhine Branches (in PDF)
• Songhua River Water Quality & Pollution Control Management Project
• Integrated Water Resources Plan, Egypt
• Prediction of planform changes in braided rivers (in PDF)
• Brda river basin action plan and exucutive summary, Poland (in PDF)
• Second Red River Basin sector project: improving water resources management in poorer areas Viet Nam
  • project description: Water resources management- capacity building (phase 1, part A) 
• Water quality management planning for Suzhou Creek rehabilitation project Shanghai, P.R. of China (in PDF format)
• South Yunnan Lakes Integrated Environmental Master Planning (in PDF)
• Water Resources Management Strategy for Trinidad and Tobago (in PDF)
• Strengthening the Planning Sector of the Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources, Egypt (in PDF format)
• Integrated Analysis for Landscape Planning of the River Rhine and its Branches (RVR)
• Information and Decision Support System for Integrated River Management (BOS-Rijntakken)
• Decision Support System for Integrated Analysis of the Rotterdam Estuary lower Reaches of the River Rhine (IVB-DOS)
• EUROTAS, European River Flood Occurrence and Total Risk Assessment System
• IRMA-SPONGE Project 4, Decision Support Systems for Large Rivers
• IRMA-SPONGE Project 10, Living with floods
• Wetland Management Beni: Decision Support System for rapid assessment of Complex Systems.

For more information please contact Rinus Vis, manager Integrated River Basin Management.

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