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Chris Zevenbergen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Zevenbergen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 171 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Chris Zevenbergen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Zevenbergen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chris Zevenbergen is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics, notably Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

Chris Zevenbergen has published in various research venues, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Flood Risk Management, Frontiers in Water, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Hydrology, and Land.

Their recent scholarly articles include:

  • "Social, economic and environmental assessment of urban sub-catchment flood risks using a multi-criteria approach: A case study in Mumbai City, India" (2020, Journal of Hydrology)
  • "A rainfall threshold-based approach to early warnings in urban data-scarce regions: A case study of pluvial flooding in Alexandria, Egypt" (2021, Journal of Flood Risk Management)
  • "A Preliminary Study on the Impact of Landscape Pattern Changes Due to Urbanization: Case Study of Jakarta, Indonesia" (2021, Land)
  • "A comprehensive review on the long-term performance of stormwater biofiltration systems (SBS): Operational challenges and future directions" (2021, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • "Nitrogen absorption efficiency and mechanism in Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - Canna indica symbiosis" (2021, Chemosphere)

Chris Zevenbergen collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Assela Pathirana, Biswa Bhattacharya, Gerald Corzo, Adele Young, and Dikman Maheng, with whom multiple joint publications have been produced.

Best Publications

  • Urban pluvial flooding and stormwater management: A contemporary review of China’s challenges and “sponge cities” strategy

    Yong Jiang;Chris Zevenbergen;Yongchi Ma

  • Fit-for-purpose governance: A framework to make adaptive governance operational

    Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Rebekah Ruth Brown;Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen;Richard M Ashley

  • Climate change uncertainty: building flexibility into water and flood risk infrastructure

    Berry Gersonius;Richard Ashley;Richard Ashley;Assela Pathirana;Chris Zevenbergen

  • Room for the River: delivering integrated river basin management in the Netherlands

    Jeroen Rijke;Sebastiaan van Herk;Chris Zevenbergen;Richard Ashley

  • Challenges in urban flood management: travelling across spatial and temporal scales

    C. Zevenbergen;C. Zevenbergen;W. Veerbeek;B. Gersonius;S. Van Herk

  • Configuring transformative governance to enhance resilient urban water systems

    Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Megan Farrelly;Rebekah Ruth Brown;Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen

  • Impact of urban growth-driven landuse change on microclimate and extreme precipitation { A sensitivity study

    Assela Pathirana;Hailu B. Denekew;William Veerbeek;Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen

  • Urban Flood Management

    Chris Zevenbergen;Adrian Cashman;Niki Evelpidou;Erik Pasche

  • Learning and Action Alliances for the integration of flood risk management into urban planning: a new framework from empirical evidence from The Netherlands

    Sebastiaan van Herk;Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen;Richard Ashley;Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke

  • Transitioning to Sponge Cities: Challenges and Opportunities to Address Urban Water Problems in China

    Chris Zevenbergen;Dafang Fu;Assela Pathirana

  • Clay formation and metal fixation during weathering of coal fly ash

    Chris Zevenbergen;John P. Bradley;L. Piet van Reeuwijk;A. K. Shyam

  • Lessons learned from applying adaptation pathways in flood risk management and challenges for the further development of this approach.

    Pieter Bloemen;Tim Reeder;Chris Zevenbergen;Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke

  • Advances in urban flood management

    Richard Ashley;Stephen Garvin;Erik Pasche;Andreas Vassilopoulos

  • A simple method for defluoridation of drinking water at village level by adsorption on Ando soil in Kenya

    C. Zevenbergen;L.P. van Reeuwijk;G. Frapporti;R.J. Louws

  • Social, economic and environmental assessment of urban sub-catchment flood risks using a multi-criteria approach: A case study in Mumbai City, India

    Shray Pathak;Min Liu;Daniel Jato-Espino;Chris Zevenbergen

  • Adaptive programme management through a balanced performance/strategy oriented focus

    Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Sebastiaan van Herk;Sebastiaan van Herk;Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen;Richard Ashley

  • Developing the evidence base for mainstreaming adaptation of stormwater systems to climate change.

    B. Gersonius;F. Nasruddin;R. Ashley;A. Jeuken

  • Taming global flood disasters: lessons learned from Dutch experience

    Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen;Sebastiaan van Herk;Sebastiaan van Herk;Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Pavel Kabat

  • Geochemical factors controlling the mobilization of major elements during weathering of MSWI bottom ash

    C. Zevenbergen;R.N.J. Comans

  • Mechanism and conditions of clay formation during natural weathering of MSWI bottom ash

    C. Zevenbergen;L. P. van Reeuwijk;J. P. Bradley;P. Bloemen

  • Understanding the transition to integrated flood risk management in the Netherlands

    Sebastiaan van Herk;Sebastiaan van Herk;Jeroen Rijke;Jeroen Rijke;Chris Zevenbergen;Chris Zevenbergen;Richard Ashley

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Ashley
Richard Ashley University of Sheffield
Rob N.J. Comans
Rob N.J. Comans Wageningen University & Research
Rebekah Ruth Brown
Rebekah Ruth Brown Monash University
Pieter van der Zaag
Pieter van der Zaag IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Roshanka Ranasinghe
Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Rudy Swennen
Rudy Swennen KU Leuven
Pavel Kabat
Pavel Kabat Wageningen University & Research
Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen
Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen Danish Meteorological Institute
Ian Douglas
Ian Douglas University of Manchester
Shuang Liu
Shuang Liu Purdue University West Lafayette

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