Arjen is lead for Water Resources and Climate Change and is keen on hydrogeology, passionate about mapping, and eager to share WASH knowledge and facilitate learning. Arjen's background within IRC was as lead researcher for WASHCost Mozambique.
Arjen has twenty years sector experience – including five years as technical adviser South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan) and 13 years private sector experience in Mozambique and Uganda. He has hands-on experience in extensive water resource studies, detailed social surveys, quality assurance and thorough WASH data analysis and visualisation.
His academic background is an MSc in Hydrogeology and he is fluent in English, Dutch, Portuguese, German and has a reasonable command of Spanish. He is Dutch by nationality and currently lives near London with his family.
This book is an introduction to the theory of water governance and its practical application especially in The Netherlands. Read more...
Papers presented and discussed at the IDPAD Seminar Managing water scarcity : experiences and prospects, held in Amersfoort, The Netherlands in... Read more...
Describes a process for formulating water resources strategies and relates major aspects of comprehensive water resources management to that process. Read more...
The scarcity of freshwater is now an important issue in many parts of the world. Read more...
Without an amicable agreement between the countries of the Middle East to develop and use scarce water resources on an equitable basis, neither a... Read more...