Climate adaptation requires dealing with peak storm events, drought, long wet seasons and urban heat stress. A blue-green transition is necessary to create liveable cities. The main challenge is to find enough space above and below the ground surface for climate adaptation in conjunction with the mobility, energy and heating transitions.
Jeroen Langeveld successfully defended his PhD thesis ‘Interactions within wastewater systems’ in 2004. The main drive in his career is to further develop and apply knowledge in the field of Urban Water, with urban drainage being the focal point for activities. In 2014 he founded the company ‘Partners4UrbanWater’, where he is mainly involved in (applied) research projects. Since September 2010, he holds the part time (0,4 fte) position of Associate professor Urban Drainage. His research projects cover the broad field of urban drainage and linkages to many related fields such as urban flooding, asset management, public health, ecology, modelling and monitoring.