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Pieter van der Zaag is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in related subfields such as global and planetary change, water science and technology, ocean engineering, sociology, political science, and soil science.

Their work encompasses various topics related to water resources, including:

  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Water-energy-food nexus studies
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Transboundary water resource management
  • Irrigation practices and water management
  • Sustainability and climate change governance

Van der Zaag has contributed to research published in several notable venues, including:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Water International
  • Water
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Anthropogenic Modifications and River Ecosystem Services: A Landscape Perspective" (2020) in Water
  • "Re-operating dams for environmental flows: From recommendation to practice" (2020) in River Research and Applications
  • "Towards Monitoring Waterlogging with Remote Sensing for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture" (2021) in Remote Sensing
  • "Using nature-based water storage for smallholder irrigated agriculture in African drylands: Lessons from frugal innovation pilots in Mozambique and Zimbabwe" (2020) in Environmental Science & Policy
  • "Dam-induced hydrological alterations in the upper Cauvery river basin, India" (2022) in Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Frequent coauthors working with van der Zaag include:

  • Marloes Mul
  • Annelieke Duker
  • Pooja Prasad
  • Charlotte de Fraiture
  • Poolad Karimi

Best Publications

  • Water as an Economic Good and Demand Management Paradigms with Pitfalls

    Hubert H.G. Savenije;Pieter van der Zaag

  • Integrated water resources management: concepts and issues

    H.H.G. Savenije;H.H.G. Savenije;P. Van der Zaag;P. Van der Zaag

  • Interbasin water transfers and integrated water resources management: Where engineering, science and politics interlock

    J. Gupta;J. Gupta;P. van der Zaag;P. van der Zaag

  • Trend analysis of runoff and sediment fluxes in the Upper Blue Nile basin: A combined analysis of statistical tests, physically-based models and landuse maps

    T.G. Gebremicael;Y.A. Mohamed;Y.A. Mohamed;G.D. Betrie;P. van der Zaag;P. van der Zaag

  • Going against the flow: A critical analysis of inter-state virtual water trade in the context of India's National River Linking Program

    Shilp Verma;Shilp Verma;Doeke A. Kampman;Pieter van der Zaag;Pieter van der Zaag;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • Integrated Water Resources Management: Relevant concept or irrelevant buzzword? A capacity building and research agenda for Southern Africa

    Pieter van der Zaag

  • Evolving water science in the Anthropocene

    H.H.G. Savenije;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;P. van der Zaag;P. van der Zaag

  • Land suitability analysis for agriculture in the Abbay basin using remote sensing, GIS and AHP techniques

    Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Ann van Griensven;Ann van Griensven;Marlous L. Mul;Pieter van der Zaag;Pieter van der Zaag

  • River basin development and management

    F. Molle;P. Wester;P. Hirsch;J.R. Jensen

  • Adaptive and Integrated Water Management: Coping With Complexity and Uncertainty

    Pieter Van Der Zaag

  • Understanding soil conservation decision of farmers in the Gedeb watershed, Ethiopia

    A. Tesfaye;W. Negatu;R. Brouwer;P. van der Zaag;P. van der Zaag

  • A system dynamics model to quantify the impacts of restoration measures on the water-energy-food nexus in the Urmia lake Basin, Iran.

    Elham Bakhshianlamouki;Sara Masia;Poolad Karimi;Pieter van der Zaag

  • AgriSuit: A web-based GIS-MCDA framework for agricultural land suitability assessment

    Seleshi Yalew;Seleshi Yalew;A. van Griensven;A. van Griensven;P. van der Zaag;P. van der Zaag

  • Policy and institutional reform: the art of the possible

    D.J. Merrey;R. Meinzen-Dick;P.P. Mollinga;E. Karar

  • Assessing the usefulness of the water poverty index by applying it to a special case: Can one be water poor with high levels of access?

    V. Komnenic;R. Ahlers;P. van der Zaag

  • Attributing the hydrological impact of different land use types and their long-term dynamics through combining parsimonious hydrological modelling, alteration analysis and PLSR analysis

    T.G. Gebremicael;T.G. Gebremicael;Y.A. Mohamed;Y.A. Mohamed;P. Van der Zaag;P. Van der Zaag

  • Towards measurable criteria for the equitable sharing of international water resources

    Pieter van der Zaag;I.M. Seyam;Hubert H.G. Savenije

  • Estimation of Reservoir Discharges from Lake Nasser and Roseires Reservoir in the Nile Basin Using Satellite Altimetry and Imagery Data

    Eric Muala;Yasir A. Mohamed;Yasir A. Mohamed;Zheng Duan;Pieter van der Zaag;Pieter van der Zaag

  • A novel approach to estimate direct and indirect water withdrawals from satellite measurements: A case study from the Incomati basin

    M.W. van Eekelen;M.W. van Eekelen;W.G.M. Bastiaanssen;W.G.M. Bastiaanssen;W.G.M. Bastiaanssen;C. Jarmain;B. Jackson

  • 139. Water as an Economic Good and Demand Management Paradigms with Pitfalls

    Hubert H.G. Savenije;Pieter van der Zaag

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Yasir A. Mohamed
Yasir A. Mohamed IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Stefan Uhlenbrook International Water Management Institute
Roy Brouwer
Roy Brouwer University of Waterloo
Huub J. Gijzen
Huub J. Gijzen IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra University of Twente
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Chris Zevenbergen
Chris Zevenbergen IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Graham Jewitt
Graham Jewitt IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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