Lars De Ruig Email & Phone Number

Bussum, North Holland, Netherlands

Royal HaskoningDHV (RHDHV) is a global leading independent consultancy which integrates over 140 years of engineering expertise with digital technologies and software solutions.Knowledge lead to elevate the quality of RHDHV’s climate risk portfolio and tooling, including multi-hazard Climate Change Risk Assessments, Economic appraisal of Climate Adaptation, and reporting services (e.g., Physical Climate Risk of CSRD, TCFD, EU Taxonomy, etc.). Clients include International Financial Institutes (e.g., World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Global Center of Adaptation, African Development Bank), private clients, and financial sector. Account manger of the partnership with the Association of Dutch Insurers on flood risk, including a national-scale assessments of secondary flood risks in the Netherlands. Recent projects include; - Upscaling Private-Sector Investments in Climate Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific, supporting the ADB develop tools to inform the identification and integration of climate adaptation opportunities in the project design of private sector projects.- Climate Adaptation Investment Prioritization for 3 transport assets in Senegal, Kenya, and Gabon, supporting GCA with a multi-hazard climate change risk assessment and economic appraisal of relevant climate adaptation investment options. - Flood Risk Assessment in peri-urban areas of Dakar, supporting the WB to develop a comprehensive program to address flood-resilience in Senegal.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Total cost of ownership of storm surge barrier commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat and I-Storm

Amsterdam

During my PhD, I focused on enhancing traditional flood risk assessments and economic appraisal methods by integrating the dynamic decision-making processes of various stakeholders, including governments, households, and insurance markets, within a flood risk management framework. My dissertation first addresses the limitations of traditional cost-benefit approaches in evaluating flood adaptation measures, emphasizing the importance of spatially explicit analysis at the micro-scale level. Through the development of a building-level cost-benefit analysis (CBA), my first paper identifies optimal mixes of adaptation measures tailored to specific flood zones, demonstrating significantly improved economic efficiency compared to aggregated approaches.Furthermore, the second paper introduces a comparative economic evaluation method that integrates adaptation pathways to address the temporal inflexibility of traditional CBAs. By allowing flexibility in adaptation strategies over time, adaptation pathways demonstrate higher economic efficiency, particularly in scenarios with uncertain future conditions such as sea level rise. The final two papers extends beyond governmental decision-making to incorporate individual household decisions and insurance market reforms, using agent-based modeling to simulate behavior and assess the impact of policy changes. By highlighting the effectiveness of various interventions, such as risk-based premiums and affordable loan structures, the papers provides valuable insights for policymakers and stakeholders aiming to enhance flood risk management strategies.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Head of the council that represents and connects PhD candidates in the country-wide network of SENSE

Santa Barbara, California Area

Academic exchange with the Department of Geography

Los Angeles, United States Of America & Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Research project on flood risk assessment and the economic evaluation of adaptation strategies for MSc Earth Science and Economics at VU University of Amsterdam in collaboration with USC Sea GrantOne month stay in Los Angeles

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd

Rising Waves of Indecision: How financial incentives can support flood risk management.

Master Of Science (Msc), Earth Science And Economics

Climate change • Spatial policy • Anthropocene • Hydrology Minor Environmental Economics Master Thesis: Economic evaluation of potential.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Future Planet Studies - Major Earth Science And Economics At Vu University Of Amsterdam

Interdisciplinarity • Sustainability • Problem-solving Major Earth Sciences and Economics at the VU University Bachelor Thesis.

Vwo, N&T, N&G

Activities and Societies: Finalist 'Knappe Waterhoofden 2010'