Ralph Schielen

Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment

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Ralph is a senior advisor on Hydraulics, Morphology and Water Management at Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), which is the main governmental Water Management Authority in the Netherlands. He also holds a position as senior researcher at Delft University of Technology. Ralph’s research concerns the behavior of lowland rivers under climate change and anthropogenic interventions, with a focus on Rhine and Meuse. He advices Rijkswaterstaat on expected morphological changes in the river bed (on medium to long time scales) and how to handle that. Ralph also is involved in the application of Nature Based Solutions to establish resilient and robust river-landscapes, published in international journals about this and participated in international projects related to NBS. Ralph holds a PhD in Mathematics from Utrecht University.

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Manager/Administrator

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Governments and Public Utilities

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My Papers and Presentations

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The International Guidelines on Natural and Nature Based Features for Fluvial Flood Risk Management: the concept and the way forward	2022

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