WAVE Seminar Reading List

Accessing WAVE Lecture Recordings

• WAVE Online Seminar Lecture Slides and Recordings 2021

Water as a dynamic phenonemon

Water and the water cycle

• USGS’s Where is Earth's Water?
• USGS’s How Much Water is There on Earth?
• USGS’s Water Cycle (multilingual)

A bit on geomorphology

• National Geographic: Basics about floodplains

Some explanatory videos:

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Water quality and pollution

• Natural Resources Defense Council: Water Pollution
• USGS’s Water Quality Information by Topic
• Wikipedia’s Intro in Water Quality

Glossary of terms

• USGS’s Dictionary of Water Terms

International Policy Documents, Guidance Reports + Frameworks

• United Nations. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• UN HABITAT. New Urban Agenda
• UN HABITAT. International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning
• UN HABITAT Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
• UN HABITAT Planner for Climate Change

European Policy Documents, Guidance Reports + Frameworks

• Council of Europe The European Landscape Convention

Water Policies

• European Commission Water Framework Directive
  • Lecture by Prof. Dr. Michael Roth, NGU, on the Water Framework Directive
• European Commission Floods Directive
  • Lecture by Dr. Ellen Fetzer, NGU, on the Floods Directive
• Water Information System for Europe (WISE)
• European Environment Agency Policy Briefing: Why should we care about floodplains?
• European Environment Agency' Delineation of water bodies
• EEA Report No 7/2018 on European Waters

Marine Policies

• European Commission Marine Strategy Framework Directive
• European Commission Maritime Spatial Planning
• European Commission Maritime Spatial Planning European Strategy for more Growth and Jobs in Coastal and Maritime Tourism
• European Commission Integrated Coastal Management

EU Nature Protection Policy

• European Commission Natura 2000
• European Commission Communication on Green Infrastructure
• European Union Biodiversity Strategy 2030

EU Climate Policy

• EU Climate Adapatation Strategy (2021)

EU Agricultural Policy

• European Commission The Future of the Common Agricultural Policy
• EU Farm to Fork Strategy (2020)
• European Environment Agency (2020): Water and Agriculture: Towards Sustainable Solutions

EU Regional Development Policy

• New Cohesion Policy 2021-2027

Green and Blue Infrastructure

Open Educational Resources

• Lecture recordings, slides, glossary and learning materials
• Language training with expert interviews

Publications

• Yaella Depietri, Timon McPhearson (2017): Integrating the Grey, Green, and Blue in Cities: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Reduction

Green infrastructure case studies and policy directives in the European Union

• European Commission. Building a Green Infrastructure for Europe. Publication, 2013.

• European Commission.The Multifunctionality of Green Infrastructure. Directorate General Environment News Alert Service, March 2012.

• European Commission. Towards a Green Infrastructure for Europe: Developing New Concepts for the Integration of Natura 2000 Network Into a Broader Countryside. EC Study ENV.B.2/SER/2007/0076

Basic background on green infrastructure, guidelines for communities

• Landscape Institute. Green Infrastructure: An Integrated Approach to Land Use. Position statement, 2013.

• Landscape Institute. Green Infrastructure: Connected and Multifunctional Landscapes. Position statement, 2013.

• Landscape Institute. Local Green Infrastructure: Helping Communities Make the Most of Their Landscape. Position statement, 2011.