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About wateraway

Jessica Ludy is an independent researcher with Unesco-IHE, and a Fulbright Scholar in Water Management at Delft Technical University, the Netherlands. She was formerly the Associate Director of Flood Management at American Rivers in Berkeley, California, where she worked to promote sustainable flood management strategies in regional, and state, and federal agencies. Jessica grew up on the Great Lakes in Michigan, earned a BSc at the University of Vermont in Environmental Science, and an MSc in Environmental Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. This website is not affiliated with the Fulbright commission, TU-Delft, Unesco-IHE, or American Rivers.

Multiple Layers of Safety in the Netherlands and United States

Posted on March 28, 2013

Back on U.S. soil for nearly a year, I’ve linked up with another Dutch research institute to launch an initiative aimed at  comparing our two countries on one particular matter: implementing multiple layers of safety for improved flood risk management. … Continue reading →

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From the Outside Looking In(to the Corps)…

Posted on June 5, 2012

In many fields, organizations evaluate or audit themselves to improve the way they operate. Because it is difficult to critically analyze from within, such an evaluation often requires going outside the institute (and sometimes the country)  to find one who … Continue reading →

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Can the Dutch teach us something on the power of communication?

Posted on May 14, 2012

My time here has been focused on learning what we can take away from the Dutch in terms of water management expertise. What is it, you ask?   I know the suspense must be killing you, so I’ll give away … Continue reading →

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A closer look at the CVFPP (2): Consequence modeling brings out uncertainty in risk estimates

Posted on May 3, 2012

A closer look at consequence estimation. Learning more about how the Dutch assess flood risk and evaluate costs and benefits over the past eight months has  taught me lot about estimating loss-of-life and other consequences. Doing so from outside of … Continue reading →

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