WAVE Seminar Reading List
Accessing WAVE Lecture Recordings
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
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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
THE EU DOCUMENTS The EU Water Framework Directive https://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html The EU Floods Directive https://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/flood_risk/index.htm EEA’s Delineation of water bodies https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/european-waters/water-quality-and-water-assessment/water-assessments/delineation-of-water-bodies EEA Report No 7/2018 on European Waters https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/state-of-water
DICTIONARY OF TERMS USGS’s Dictionary of Water Terms https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/dictionary-water-terms?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
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?
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 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
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.