Floris Boogaard is professor of Climate Adaptation. Within his professorship, research is conducted on the effects of climate change in urban areas. Solutions are explored for problems such as flooding caused by heavy rainfall, heat stress due to rising temperatures and damage to infrastructure and agriculture caused by longer dry periods.
Together with educational and knowledge institutions, businesses and government organisations, he develops measures to adapt the built environment to the effects of climate change and human activity. The greatest challenge for a climate-resilient future is to create a living environment without drought, heat stress and flooding. This requires the optimal and innovative use of public space and existing infrastructures.
The professorship studies the costs and benefits of climate adaptation using (inter)national tools such as climatescan.org and climatecafe.nl. It is involved in the monitoring, design, construction and management of cost-effective climate-adaptive measures, such as the integration of water and greenery and far-reaching climate adaptation, including floating construction.
Floris’s vision is centred on empirical learning: he aims to provide future design engineers with a strong sense of ‘learning by doing’. This approach results in concrete, innovative research products and projects. In addition to his professorship, Floris also works as a researcher at the Global Center on Adaptation.
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Lector Klimaatadaptatie