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Scientific Peer Reviewed Papers

 

IWRM & Decision support

 

David Nijssen and Andreas H. Schumann (2014) Aggregating spatially explicit criteria: avoiding spatial compensation. International Journal of River Basin Management, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 97-98.

Schumann, A. ; Pahlow, M.; Nijssen, D. Klein, B. (2011) Imprecise probabilities to specify hydrological loads for flood risk management, in Risk in Water Resources Management, IAHS Publ. 347, 2011, p.22- 28.  

Andreas Schumann, David Nijssen and Markus Pahlow (2010). Handling uncertainties of hydrological loads in flood retention planning. International Journal of River Basin Management, 8: 3, 281—294.

David Nijssen, Andreas Schumann, Markus Pahlow and Bastian Klein (2009). Planning of technical flood retention measures in large river basins under consideration of imprecise probabilities of multivariate hydrological loads. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9, 1–15.

Markus Pahlow, Andreas Schumann, David Nijssen, Bastian Klein, Matthias Kufeld, Holger Schüttrumpf, Jesko Hirschfeld und Ulrich Petschow (2009). Integrative Nutzung des technischen Hochwasserrückhalts in Poldern und Talsperren am Beispiel des Flussgebiets der Unstrut. Hydrologie und Wasserwirtschaft 53(3), 179–184

 

Ecology & Biodiversity

 

David Nijssen, Ronald Rousseau and Piet VanHecke (1998). The Lorenz Curve: a graphical representation of evenness. Coenoses 13(1), 33-38.

Ronald Rousseau, Piet VanHecke, David Nijssen and Jan Bogaert (1999). The relationship between diversity profiles, evenness and species richness based on partial ordering. Environmental and Ecological Statistics 6, 211-223.

 

Book Sections

 

IWRM & Decision support

 

UNESCONijssen, D. (2011) Water balance and DSS. Models for sustainable water management. 5th UNESCO Training course on “Approaches for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in coastal regions”. Yantai City, Shandong Province 27-29 april 2011

Andreas Schumann and David Nijssen (2011) Application of flood scenarios and multi-criteria decision making tools in polder planning. In: Andreas Schumann (Ed) Flood Risk Assessment and Management. Springer.

David Nijssen, Markus Pahlow and Andreas Schumann (2009). Entscheidungsunterstützung, chapter 7. In: Andreas Schumann (Ed). Integrative Nutzung des technischen Hochwasserrückhalts in Poldern und Talsperren am Beispiel des Flussgebiets der Unstrut, Schriftenreihe Hydrologie & Wasserwirtschaft Ruhr- Universität Bochum, Heft 23

 

Ecology & Biodiversity

 

Patrick Meire, Erika Van den Bergh, Tom Ysebaert and David Nijssen (2002). Nature development along the river Scheldt: combining ecosystem functions in the Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde polder. In: Bernd Redecker, Werner Härdtle, Peter Fink, Uwe Rieken and Eckhard Schröder (Ed.) Pasture landscapes and nature conservation. ISBN 3-540-42920-4, Springer, Berlin, 435 p.

 

Conference Proceedings

 

IWRM & Decision support

Nijssen, D. and Schumann, A. (2012) GIS- Anwendungen im Hochwasserrisikomanagement – von der hydrologischen Belastung zur Entscheidungsunterstützung. GIS und GDI in der Wasserwirtschaft. 25./26. Januar 2012, Kassel.

David Nijssen, Andreas F. Schumann, Bertram Monninkhoff and Stephan Kaden (2011) Consideration of likelihoods for realization of water management strategies in a coastal region with sparse data in China. International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management. 12-13 October 201, Dresden, Germany.  

Geiger, W.F., Hirschfeld, J., Monninkhoff, B., Nijssen, D. and Nilsson, Chr. (2011) Stepwise decision support system for sustainable IWRM solutions. International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management. 12-13 October 201, Dresden, Germany.  

Bertram Monnikhoff, Stefan Kaden, Wolfgang F. Geiger, David Nijssen, Andreas Schumann, Jesko Hirschfeld, Philip Schägner, Gerhard Würzberg, Stefan Reil and Baoxiang Zhang (2009) Overall-effective measures for sustainable water resources management in the coastal area of Shandong Province, Huangshui River Basin. ERSEC International Conference 2009: Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Conservation, 4-7 May 2009, Beijing, China.

Markus Pahlow, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, David Nijssen, Jörg Dietrich, Bastian Klein, Christof Gattke, Anderas Schumann, Markus Kufeld, Christian Reuter, Holger Schüttrumpf, Jesko Hirschfeld and ulrich Petschow (2008) Assessment and optimisation of flood control systems: the unstrut River case study. 4th International Symposium on Flood Defence: Managing Flood Risk, Reliability and Vulnerability, May 6-8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Markus Pahlow, Jörg Dietrich, David Nijssen, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Bastian Klein, Christof Gattke, Anderas Schumann, Markus Kufeld, Christian Reuter, Jürgen Konget, Holger Schüttrumpf, Jesko Hirschfeld and ulrich Petschow (2008) Development of an integrated and interdisciplinary flood risk assessment instrument. 4th International Symposium on Flood Defence: Managing Flood Risk, Reliability and Vulnerability, May 6-8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 

Ecology & Biodiversity

 

David Nijssen, Matthias Pitsch, Markus Herbst and Lana Mahl (2015) Ethohydraulics in Turbulence: Fish Behaviour in Turning Pools. International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage 2015, 20-24 June, Groningen, The Netherlands.

David Nijssen and Patrick Meire (2005) Colonisation patterns in relation to seed dynamics in a reconstructed brackish marsh along the River Schelde (Belgium). International conference on: Nature Restoration Practices in European Coastal Habitats, 19-23 September, Koksijde, Belgium.

David Nijssen and Patrick Meire (2001) Overstromingen: bedreigingen maar ook kansen voor een integraal waterbeheer. Symposium ruimte voor water, de beste verzekering tegen wateroverlast, 15 mei, Brussel. pp. 1-10