Walter Immerzeel
Dr. W.W. (Walter) Immerzeel has nine years experience in geo-informatics, water resource management and climate change with a special focus on the interface between GIS and simulation models. He holds a PhD degree in physical geography at Utrecht University. His dissertation is titled Spatial modeling of mountainous basins; an integrated analysis of the hydrological cycle, climate change and agriculture". He also has extensive experience in the application of Remote Sensing in mountain areas for systematically assessing and monitoring climate change, flooding, droughts and food security. He has worked in the Netherlands as well as in a number of developing countries (China, Mexico, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Philippines, Kenya). In the Netherlands he has worked on several projects for Dutch water boards focusing on climate change, water retention and flooding. From December 2002 until June 2004 he was attached to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal as associate expert GIS and natural resource management. He is responsible for a number of projects on the cutting edge of climate change and hydrology. Current contractors include Dutch ministries, water boards and the World Bank. He is also a CASIMIR fellow supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and working on seasonal forecasting of Asian river discharges from the Himalayan cryosphere and monsoon feedbacks in close collaboration with Utrecht University.
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Fieldwork in China.
Water: beauty, problem, challenge