Nanco Dolman is leading professional in Water Resilient Cities at Royal HaskoningDHV, with a MSc in Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology (1998) and a BLA in landscape architecture from Amsterdam Academy of Architecture (2008). From 2011 to 2016 Nanco was part time lecturer Adaptive Urban Development at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. He also serves as a Resilient Cities advocate for the UNDRR, and is editor for IWA’s Journal of Water & Climate Change. Bridging the gap between hydrological engineering and ecological design, Nanco is considered as one of the front runners in Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD). He worked in various flood resilience strategies for delta cities, like ‘Bangkok Adaptive City 2045’, the ‘Rotterdam Adaptation Strategy’, the ‘Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan’ and the ‘Comprehensive Urban Water Strategy for Hoboken’. Currently Nanco is involved in two international research projects: ‘CATCH’ which focusses on applying the Water Sensitive City framework for climate adaptation in the North Sea Region, and ‘Blue-Green Futures’ – an UK-USA-China-Netherlands collaboration focusing on multifunctional Blue-Green Infrastructure to address water challenges.