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Joost Buurman

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

joost@nus.edu.sg

Dr Buurman is an economist with extensive experience in multi- and interdisciplinary projects. His work often intersects other fields such as engineering, spatial planning and environmental management. In the past years, his thematic focus has been on water and natural resources. Joost has carried out numerous research projects and published in several high-impact journals. His extensive consultancy experience includes projects funded by international organisations for governments and economic and environmental consulting for the private sector in South-east Asia. In addition, he was and is involved in the management of large research grants and research centres. Throughout his career he has been involved in education and training, ranging from teaching courses in undergraduate and Masters courses to executive education and workshops.

published papers

Iftekhar, Md S., Buurman, J., Lee, T.K., He, Q, Chen, E., Non-market value of Singapore's ABC Waters Program. Water Research, 157 pp310-320, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.004

Hoekstra, A.Y., Buurman, J., Van Ginkel, Urban Water Security: A Review. Environmental Research Letters, 13 053002, 2018. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaba52

De Bruin, K., Buurman, J., Mens, M., Klijn, F., Dahm, R., Resilience in practice: Five guiding principles to increase societies’ resilience to extreme weather events. Environmental Science and Policy, 70, pp21-30, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.02.001

Buurman, J., Babovic, V., Adaptation Pathways and Real Options Analysis: An Approach to Deep Uncertainty in Climate Change Adaptation Policies. Policy & Society, vol. 35, no. 2, pp137-150, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2016.05.002

Joost Buurman

published papers

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