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Blueland is a consultancy with a focus on communicating technical issues to a wide audience. After all, it’s not just about finding smart answers to tricky questions, it’s about communicating these answers to those involved as well. When talking about water, Blueland is

experienced as regards content
and strong in communication
with overview over various disciplines
and the ability to make connections

You can call in Blueland for

expert advice on water issues and policymaking
strategic assessments
evaluations of policy and implementation
communication and (final) editing
project support and management

The knowledge and experience of Blueland span coastal and fresh waters. Core expertise includes:

knowledge on the transport of sand and cohesive sediments in rivers, estuarine and coastal waters
knowledge on river, coastal and estuarine morphodynamics
knowledge on flood protection, crisis management and contingency planning
knowlegde on policy evaluation
managing complex research and advisory projects
connecting knowledge of different authorities and research organizations through workshops, interviews and strategic assessments
report for many different target groups such as scientists, policymakers, water managers and citizens

Clients

Over the last 15 years Blueland has worked for a large number of clients:

Acacia Water: final editing ‘Demand and supply of water in the southwestern Dutch Delta’
German Federal Institute for Hydrology: presentation river management
Crisisplan: expert large-scale flood contingency exercise
Committee MER: assessment of environmental impacts of civil-engineering works
De Ingenieur: writing book reviews for journal
Delta Committee: editing English report of the Dutch Delta Committee on climate proofing the Netherlands
Deltaprogramme: Fact finding study on options to change the discharge distribution over the Dutch Rhine branches
Deltares: final editing several studies (Sustainable water management under climate change; Cost-benefit analysis flood safety 21st century; Our Delta, facts, myths and possibilities; Water management in a changing climate; Climate proofing the Netherlands); writing brochures (about Deltares, about large Dutch technological institutes, about collaboration research institutes)
Directorate-General for Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat): writing framework for the assessment of the impact of measures in the river floodplain on flood safety; writing flood contingency plan for floodplain Noordwaard (within Room for the River); final editing ‘Making an inventory of spatial claims large rivers’; writing national flood contingency plan; consultancy river engineering; advice on crisis management and contingency planning; writing overview articles on Dutch rivers and their outlets
Dutch Delta Design: writing Roadmap 2012 and festival factsheets
Korean Institute for Construction Technology: consultancy Korean authority about river restoration in Seoul
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management: support drawing up river catchment management plans; writing vision on the impact of innovations in hydraulic engineering on future water policy and management; writing ‘learning from innovating’, about experiences of authorities, companies and research institutes with the realization of innovations in the water business; final editing reports
Ministry for the Interior and Kingdom Relations: advice on the impact of coastal and river floods, and of extreme weather on national safety; advice top of ministries on these issues
Municipality Werkendam: author and consultant on flood evacuation strategies
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: final editing paper on the future of the Netherlands from a water perspective, for European policy makers; advice on societal disruption due to flooding; advice on the Netherlands' vulnerabilities with respect to climate change and how to adapt; co-author of The Geography of Future Water Challenges, a global assessment of hotspot regions with respect to climate change
Netherlands Water Partnership: writing articles and books: article 'Innovating in Deltatechnology'; position paper on collaboration of Dutch authorities, companies and research institutes on Delta technology; book ‘Achieving with innovating’, the agenda of Dutch authorities, companies and research institutes on Delta technology
Nihon University, Tokyo: presentation and discussion on river flood protection
NIROV: discussion leader meeting water boards
Partners for Water: Water Vision 2020 (for the export of Dutch water- and deltatechnology)
Programme Room for the River: Procedures for storing excess river water in reservoir under extreme flood conditions; advice on designing an extra outlet for one of the Rhine branches (IJssel) for peak flood discharges; the evaluation of the entire Programme focused on the realization of the flood safety objective.
Province of Flevoland: writing research paper for the future of the lakes Markermeer and IJmeer
RIVM: advice on natural disasters in the Netherlands and how to anticipate them, as a member of the Dutch network of experts on national security issues
STOWA (foundation applied research water management): writing paper on hydrologic modeling
The Hague University: lectures on water management
TMO (Taskforce Flood Management): writing book on responsibilities authorities during flood crises
Water board Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland: writing vision on how to deal with the future increase of salinization in the western part of the Netherlands
Water Governance Centre: writing text website, flyer, papers