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Sadhana Nirandjan is a PhD student in the department of Water and Climate Risk (WCR) of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Earth Sciences and Economics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, during which she discovered her interest for interdisciplinary research within hydrological systems and its societal impacts. Before she started her master in Hydrology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, she had followed extra-curricular courses in South Africa to gain more knowledge on environmental issues experienced abroad, for which she was awarded the Holland Scholarship. She completed her master’s in Hydrology with a thesis on Managed Aquifer Systems in coastal areas.
In her current research, she aims to quantify the impacts and the risks of current and future sea-level rise and coastal flooding on Europe’s coastal infrastructure and the European economy. This quantification will be done through a combination of state-of-the-art flood simulation modelling, network analysis and economic impact modelling. This research is part of the RECEIPT project focussing on impacts of climate change on Europe and is funded by the European Commission.
Expertise
Coastal flooding, flood risk assessment, (spatial) economic analysis.
Education
2019: MSc Hydrology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
2016: BSc Earth Sciences and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Risk of Tropical Cyclones and Floods to Power Grids in Southeast and East Asia
Ye, M., Ward, P. J., Bloemendaal, N., Nirandjan, S. & Koks, E. E., Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 15, 4, p. 494-507 14 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Quantifying climate risks to infrastructure systems: A comparative review of developments across infrastructure sectors
Verschuur, J., Fernández-Pérez, A., Mühlhofer, E., Nirandjan, S., Borgomeo, E., Becher, O., Voskaki, A., Oughton, E. J., Stankovski, A., Greco, S. F., Koks, E. E., Pant, R. & Hall, J. W., Apr 2024, In: PLOS Climate. 3, 4, p. 1-21 21 p., e0000331.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Review article: Physical vulnerability database for critical infrastructure hazard risk assessments - A systematic review and data collection
Nirandjan, S., Koks, E. E., Ye, M., Pant, R., Van Ginkel, K. C. H., Aerts, J. C. J. H. & Ward, P. J., 2024, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 24, 12, p. 4341-4368 28 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
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Framework for rainfall-triggered landslide-prone critical infrastructure zonation
Gnyawali, K., Dahal, K., Talchabhadel, R. & Nirandjan, S., 10 May 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 872, p. 1-12 12 p., 162242.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Improved assessment of rainfall-induced railway infrastructure risk in China using empirical data
Zhu, W., Liu, K., Wang, M., Nirandjan, S. & Koks, E. E., Jan 2023, In: Natural Hazards. 115, 2, p. 1525-1548 24 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Courses
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Multi-hazard Infrastructure Risk Assessment for Climate Adaptation
Koks, E. (Principal Investigator), Vanniya Perumal, S. R. (Project Researcher), Shirazian, S. (Project Researcher), Claassen, J. (Project Researcher), Nirandjan, S. (Project Researcher), Stolte, T. (Project Researcher), Buijs, S. (Project Researcher) & Weiwad, V. (Project Researcher)
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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COASTAL CLIMATE CORE SERVICES, Mapping European coastal infrastructure at risk from sea-level rise
Koks, E. (Principal Investigator), Stolte, T. (Project Researcher), Ward, P. (Project Researcher), De Plaen, J. (Project Researcher) & Nirandjan, S. (Project Researcher)
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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REmote Climate Effects and their Impact on European sustainability, Policy and Trade
Zhou, F. (Project Researcher), Kuik, O. (Project Researcher), Botzen, W. (Project Researcher), Nirandjan, S. (Project Researcher), Koks, E. (Principal Investigator), Hamed, R. (Project Researcher), Tesselaar, M. (Project Researcher), Ignjačević, P. (Project Researcher), Stolte, T. (Project Researcher) & Brusselaers, J. (Project Researcher)
1/09/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
Prizes / Grants
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EGU Roland Schlich travel support
Nirandjan, S. (Recipient), 21 Dec 2021
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
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Datasets
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Electricity Infrastructure and Vulnerability Database for Power Gird Risk Assessment
Ye, M. (Creator), Ward, P. (Creator), Bloemendaal, N. (Creator), Nirandjan, S. (Creator) & Koks, E. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Aug 2023
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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A spatially-explicit harmonized global dataset of critical infrastructure
Nirandjan, S. (Creator), Koks, E. E. (Creator), Ward, P. J. (Creator) & Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Creator), Zenodo, 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4957647, https://zenodo.org/record/4957647
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Dataset: Physical Vulnerability Database for Critical Infrastructure Hazard Risk Assessments
Nirandjan, S. (Creator), Koks, E. (Supervisor), Ye, M. (Data Collector), Pant, R. (Other), van Ginkel, K. (Other), Aerts, J. (Supervisor) & Ward, P. (Supervisor), Zenodo, 4 Oct 2024
Dataset / Software: Dataset