Wouter Buytaert
Biographic Data
| ID | 1404955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wouter Buytaert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wouter |
| FAMILY NAME | Buytaert |
| SIGNATURE | BUYTAERT W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Imperial College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6994-4454 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Four Principles of Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change‐Exacerbated Hazards in Informal Settlements
Residents of urban informal settlements are among the most at-risk of climate change-exacerbated hazards. Yet, traditional approaches to adaptation have failed to reduce risk sustainably and equitably. In contrast, transformative adaptation recognizes the inextricable nature of complex climate risk and social inequality, embedding principles of social justice in pathways to societal resilience. Its potential for impact may be greatest in informal…
Towards an evidence base for groundwater data investments
There is global consensus among scientists and policymakers that the scarcity of high-resolution water monitoring data remains one of the most fundamental bottlenecks to sustainable water resources management (WRM). However, a lack of local valuations or clear practical pathways for monitoring implementation often hamper their case for investment. Here, by means of 42 expert interviews, we map the benefits of groundwater data to 18 identified use…
Humanitarian management of drought needs better water security data
Droughts are a primary driver of humanitarian crises in arid regions, yet early warning systems that index humanitarian financing often omit water security data in favour of food security monitoring. Based on 42 expert interviews assessing management barriers and information needs during the 2020-24 drought in the Horn of Africa, resulting in an estimated 71,100 excess deaths in Somalia alone, we find water security data to be critical in shiftin…
A user-centred design framework for disaster risk visualisation
Visualisations are powerful communication tools that have the potential to help societies assess and manage natural hazard and disaster risks. However, the diversity of risk management contexts and user characteristics is a challenge to develop understandable and useable visualisations. We conducted a systematic literature review to understand the current state developing disaster risk visualisations following design best practices and accounting…
Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security
Barriers to implementing poverty alleviation through livelihood strategies: A participatory analysis of farming communities in Ethiopia’s upper Blue Nile basin
From present to future development pathways in fragile mountain landscapes
Mountains are dynamic landscapes that are home to rich natural and human heritage. However, climatic variability, globalisation and increasing ecomomic integration are making these landscapes more fragile with implications for present and future development. Using a pathways lens, we examine development trajectories in mountains and relate these to environmental and social-economic change currently taking place. We analyse and compare pathways in…
Project Narratives: Investigating Participatory Conservation in the Peruvian Andes
This article shares findings from a participatory assessment study of a community-based environmental monitoring project in the Peruvian Andes. The objective of the project was to generate evidence to support sustainable livelihoods through participatory knowledge generation. With the use of narrative framing, the study retrospectively reconstructs the project's trajectory as perceived by the three stakeholder groups: the community, the researche…
Potential contributions of pre-Inca infiltration infrastructure to Andean water security
Glacial melt content of water use in the tropical Andes
Accelerated melting of glaciers is expected to have a negative effect on the water resources of mountain regions and their adjacent lowlands, with tropical mountain regions being among the most vulnerable. In order to quantify those impacts, it is necessary to understand the changing dynamics of glacial melting, but also to map how glacial meltwater contributes to current and future water use, which often occurs at considerable distance downstrea…
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies—An Upstream-Downstream Perspective
Reviewed: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies—An Upstream-Downstream Perspective. Edited by Nadine Salzmann, Christian Huggel, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, and Gina Ziervogel. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 2016. x + 292 pp. US$ 129.00. ISBN 978-3-319-40771-5. Also available as an e-book
Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Governance of Andean Forest Landscapes
The long-term survival of Andean forest landscapes (AFL) and of their capacity to contribute to sustainable development in a context of global change requires integrated adaptation and mitigation responses informed by a thorough understanding of the dynamic and complex interactions between their ecological and social components. This article proposes a research agenda that can help guide AFL research efforts for the next 15 years. The agenda was …
Projected increases in the annual flood pulse of the Western Amazon
The impact of a changing climate on the Amazon basin is a subject of intensive research because of its rich biodiversity and the significant role of rainforests in carbon cycling. Climate change has also a direct hydrological impact, and increasing efforts have focused on understanding the hydrological dynamics at continental and subregional scales, such as the Western Amazon. New projections from the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase …
Environmental Virtual Observatories (EVOs): Prospects for knowledge co-creation and resilience in the Information Age
Developments in technologies are shaping information access globally. This presents opportunities and challenges for understanding the role of new technologies in sustainability research. This article focuses on a suite of technologies termed Environmental Virtual Observatories (EVOs) developed for communicating observations and simulation of environmental processes. A strength of EVOs is that they are open and decentralised, thus democratising f…
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology: Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru
Оценка воздействий изменения климата на горную гидрологию: Выработка методологии на основе ситуационно-го примера из перуанских Анд (Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology: …
Environmental Virtual Observatories (EVOs): Prospects for knowledge co-creation and resilience in the Information Age
Developments in technologies are shaping information access globally. This presents opportunities and challenges for understanding the role of new technologies in sustainability research. This article focuses on a suite of technologies termed Environmental Virtual Observatories (EVOs) developed for communicating observations and simulation of environmental processes. A strength of EVOs is that they are open and decentralised, thus democratising f…
Towards an evidence base for groundwater data investments
There is global consensus among scientists and policymakers that the scarcity of high-resolution water monitoring data remains one of the most fundamental bottlenecks to sustainable water resources management (WRM). However, a lack of local valuations or clear practical pathways for monitoring implementation often hamper their case for investment. Here, by means of 42 expert interviews, we map the benefits of groundwater data to 18 identified use…
Potential contributions of pre-Inca infiltration infrastructure to Andean water security
Barriers to implementing poverty alleviation through livelihood strategies: A participatory analysis of farming communities in Ethiopia’s upper Blue Nile basin
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology: Development of a Methodology Through a Case Study in the Andes of Peru
Оценка воздействий изменения климата на горную гидрологию: Выработка методологии на основе ситуационно-го примера из перуанских Анд (Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Mountain Hydrology: …
Environmental Virtual Observatories (EVOs): Prospects for knowledge co-creation and resilience in the Information Age
Developments in technologies are shaping information access globally. This presents opportunities and challenges for understanding the role of new technologies in sustainability research. This article focuses on a suite of technologies termed Environmental Virtual Observatories (EVOs) developed for communicating observations and simulation of environmental processes. A strength of EVOs is that they are open and decentralised, thus democratising f…
Projected increases in the annual flood pulse of the Western Amazon
The impact of a changing climate on the Amazon basin is a subject of intensive research because of its rich biodiversity and the significant role of rainforests in carbon cycling. Climate change has also a direct hydrological impact, and increasing efforts have focused on understanding the hydrological dynamics at continental and subregional scales, such as the Western Amazon. New projections from the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase …
Glacial melt content of water use in the tropical Andes
Accelerated melting of glaciers is expected to have a negative effect on the water resources of mountain regions and their adjacent lowlands, with tropical mountain regions being among the most vulnerable. In order to quantify those impacts, it is necessary to understand the changing dynamics of glacial melting, but also to map how glacial meltwater contributes to current and future water use, which often occurs at considerable distance downstrea…
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies—An Upstream-Downstream Perspective
Reviewed: Climate Change Adaptation Strategies—An Upstream-Downstream Perspective. Edited by Nadine Salzmann, Christian Huggel, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, and Gina Ziervogel. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 2016. x + 292 pp. US$ 129.00. ISBN 978-3-319-40771-5. Also available as an e-book
Research Priorities for the Conservation and Sustainable Governance of Andean Forest Landscapes
The long-term survival of Andean forest landscapes (AFL) and of their capacity to contribute to sustainable development in a context of global change requires integrated adaptation and mitigation responses informed by a thorough understanding of the dynamic and complex interactions between their ecological and social components. This article proposes a research agenda that can help guide AFL research efforts for the next 15 years. The agenda was …
Potential contributions of pre-Inca infiltration infrastructure to Andean water security
From present to future development pathways in fragile mountain landscapes
Mountains are dynamic landscapes that are home to rich natural and human heritage. However, climatic variability, globalisation and increasing ecomomic integration are making these landscapes more fragile with implications for present and future development. Using a pathways lens, we examine development trajectories in mountains and relate these to environmental and social-economic change currently taking place. We analyse and compare pathways in…
Project Narratives: Investigating Participatory Conservation in the Peruvian Andes
This article shares findings from a participatory assessment study of a community-based environmental monitoring project in the Peruvian Andes. The objective of the project was to generate evidence to support sustainable livelihoods through participatory knowledge generation. With the use of narrative framing, the study retrospectively reconstructs the project's trajectory as perceived by the three stakeholder groups: the community, the researche…
A user-centred design framework for disaster risk visualisation
Visualisations are powerful communication tools that have the potential to help societies assess and manage natural hazard and disaster risks. However, the diversity of risk management contexts and user characteristics is a challenge to develop understandable and useable visualisations. We conducted a systematic literature review to understand the current state developing disaster risk visualisations following design best practices and accounting…
Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security
Barriers to implementing poverty alleviation through livelihood strategies: A participatory analysis of farming communities in Ethiopia’s upper Blue Nile basin
Four Principles of Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change‐Exacerbated Hazards in Informal Settlements
Residents of urban informal settlements are among the most at-risk of climate change-exacerbated hazards. Yet, traditional approaches to adaptation have failed to reduce risk sustainably and equitably. In contrast, transformative adaptation recognizes the inextricable nature of complex climate risk and social inequality, embedding principles of social justice in pathways to societal resilience. Its potential for impact may be greatest in informal…
Towards an evidence base for groundwater data investments
There is global consensus among scientists and policymakers that the scarcity of high-resolution water monitoring data remains one of the most fundamental bottlenecks to sustainable water resources management (WRM). However, a lack of local valuations or clear practical pathways for monitoring implementation often hamper their case for investment. Here, by means of 42 expert interviews, we map the benefits of groundwater data to 18 identified use…
Humanitarian management of drought needs better water security data
Droughts are a primary driver of humanitarian crises in arid regions, yet early warning systems that index humanitarian financing often omit water security data in favour of food security monitoring. Based on 42 expert interviews assessing management barriers and information needs during the 2020-24 drought in the Horn of Africa, resulting in an estimated 71,100 excess deaths in Somalia alone, we find water security data to be critical in shiftin…
Geography (13 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Environmental Science (10 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Climate change (7 works) · Geology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works)