Hans Gehrels Email & Phone Number

Hans Gehrels is a thought leader on sustainable water management and urban resilience. His main fields of expertise include urban water management, flood risk, climate adaptation and water sensitive urban design. Within Deltares, he is manager of the corporate team on Urban Resilience. In the Netherlands, Hans works on initiating and developing research programs of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Delta Program on Spatial Adaptation) addressing water and climate adaptation challenges. Hans is a member of several research program commissions to coordinate research funding. Abroad, Hans has work experience in Botswana, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Lao PDR, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam. He is Deltares’ project director of a framework agreement partnership with the World Bank on urban flood risk assessments in the World Bank’s City Resilience Program. He has recently worked as a team leader in projects on urban resilience in New York, Chennai and Mexico City, and in World Bank projects on flood risk management in Vientiane, Colombo, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City. Hans represents Deltares in its partnership with the Resilient Cities Network. Together with this global network of cities, Deltares has been involved in building resilience in many cities around the world.

Listed skills include Groundwater, Hydrology, Water Management, Renewable Energy, and 13 others.