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October 10, 2015

How to achieve effective water protection policies

In order to design innovative water policies, the concerted action by diverse parts of society, economy, and politics is necessary. In the video, several dancing styles (hip hop, house, salsa, acrobatics) stand for diverse political groups, which fight over the use and the protection of water resources. This ' Dance Your PhD' video was created as part of the 'sciencetainment project' organised by Science Magazine .

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Florence Metz

August 30, 2021

Water Management & Climate Change

This set contains 7 learning materials related to water management and climate change in Amsterdam. i. The Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources (~ 5 min-long video) ii. Urban Water Chains and Systems (4 short videos; <15 min each) iii. Managing the Water System in Amsterdam (~6 min-long video) iv. Water Management Challenges in Amsterdam (~6 min-long video) v. Amsterdam Rainproof: Water Management (~8 min-long video) vi. Urban Citizens Addressing Climate Change (~7 min-long video) vii. Flood Resilience (45 min lecture with accompanying slides and exercise questions) viii. How to achieve effective water protection policies (~10 min-long video) ix. Climate-responsive Planning and Design course (semester-long 6 ECTS course on the fundamentals of climate, climate change, and climate adaptation and mitigation in urban areas)

Various Experts

January 2, 2021

Urban Citizens Addressing Climate Change

In this video, Bas van Vliet will talk about ways in which urban society interacts with urban surfaces to address climate change. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Design policies; governance arrangements and coordination structures for resilience planning and response addressing policy-making; public private partnerships and civic engagement. DURATION: 1 short video (~7 min long)

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Bas van Vliet

August 21, 2021

Chinese Cities: Citizen participation in developing resilient and eco-friendly cities

HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS CASE STUDY: First, please refer to the Teacher's Guide using the yellow "View Materials" button on the left pane. The teacher's guide outlines the purpose, contents, approach, case structure, and technical information of this case study. This case study was curated from other independently published open educational resources and from existing materials on this platform. These resources are also organized by domain. At the bottom of each resource's page, you can see both the city case study and SURF Resilience domain to which it belongs. Click on the case study or the domain name to navigate to the case study homepage or SURF Resilience collection, respectively. OVERVIEW: This case study contains a teaching guide, five thematic foci, and a gaming simulation. In this case study, you will dive deeper into the resilience and sustainability in Chinese cities. You will see how issues like air pollution affect citizens' daily lives and how successful policies contribute to sustainability. With a high rate of urbanization, Chinese cities have resorted to using the Sponge City concept to successfully manage water. To deepen your knowledge, you can learn about other shocks and stresses facing Chinese cities in resilience trend reports. Finally, you can bring your knowledge into practice by diving into the game “Creators of Shanghai” which has been developed by TU Delft students.

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Eunice Koid, Claudia Rot, Martine Rutten

June 27, 2024

The Medieval Podcast | Cleaning Up Renaissance Italy with Jane Stevens Crawshaw

Medieval citizens took steps to actively avoid living in filth. But how did they accomplish it? What were some of the ground rules? And how did this change when your city was also surrounded by water? This week, Daniele speaks with Jane Stevens Crawshaw about environmental policies in fourteenth and fifteenth-century Genoa and Venice. You can support this podcast on Patreon - go to https://www.patreon.com/medievalists This podcast is made possible by the generous support of listeners like you! To find out how to help spread the joy of medieval history, please visit patreon.com/themedievalpodcast

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Danièle Cybulskie, Jane Stevens Crawshaw

October 5, 2020

Land subsidence in Jakarta

The most threatening stress of Jakarta is the land subsidence following the rise in sea levels and river/coastal flooding. There is increased risk of flooding and land stresses in the densely populated areas of Jakarta, which lead to increased land subsidence and due to the improved standards of living and earning of their people, ultimately leading to over-population in the coastal and in the entire city area of Jakarta, respectively. There is a need of proper waste management system, also to diminish the risk of agriculture/crop failures. The main solution responsibility lies in the hands of the Government while implementing their policies by proper cooperation and coordination with the various stakeholders as well keeping the residents of Jakarta aware and informed. Proper drainage systems, proper placements of Dykes in necessary areas, and encouraging the residents to construct local water storage bodies in their homes targeting rainwater harvesting would be some of the main solution strategies. There will be an increase in the demand for meeting the GDP caused due to the rehabilitation costs or costs related to relocation of the people to less-stressed areas. Strict monitoring of the areas undergoing land subsidence, environmental checks in the industries, making the migration procedures much more rigid and strict, putting checks in people who completely depend on groundwater and encouraging them to use alternative methods for collecting drinking water should be the main target for the settlement of such stresses.

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Maitry Phukan

June 7, 2019

Business & the sustainable development goals

(RSM, 2018, 123 pag) . In dit boek presenteert Rob van Tulder een raamwerk voor ontwerpen vanbedrijfsstrategieën die effectief zijn voor duurzame ontwikkeling. Bevat daarnaast case studies van bedrijven die SDGs toepassen in hun strategie.

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June 17, 2026

AgriLemma 2.0: A serious game for exploring dilemmas in agriculture

In AgriLemma, you are a farmer in Europe managing your own farm across 8 seasons. You grow six types of crops — potatoes, sugar beets, rapeseed, corn, wheat, and chickpeas — each requiring resources such as seeds, water, nutrients, and workers. Players must run, invest in, and improve their farm with sustainable technologies while balancing competing priorities and navigating uncertainties like weather events and pest attacks. The objective is to maximize overall farm health, which is determined by three dimensions: environmental health (positive ecological impact), social health (worker satisfaction), and financial health (farm profitability). Players must strategize across all three dimensions simultaneously — decisions that boost profit may come at an environmental cost, and vice versa. The game makes these trade-offs tangible, encouraging reflection on what sustainable farming really requires. ------------------------------ Learning objectives: · Experiment with different strategies — to operationalize and adapt an approach under pressure, and to reflect on how well it held up. · Expose students to issues of risk management — to plan, control, and explain the reasoning behind in-game choices relating to sustainability, soil conservation practices, integrated crop management, weeding, and pest management, and to learn how to respond when conditions change. · Experience the complexity of decision-making — to take into account weather and policy uncertainties, sustainability pressures, economic realities, and the broader context in which farm decisions are made. --------------------------------Practical information: · Format: Board game (physical/ print-and-play) · Players: 2-4 players (extendable to 8 by playing in teams of 2) · Duration: 3 hours, including onboarding and debrief · Level: Higher education / Stakeholder engagement · Language: English --------------------------------Credits: AgriLemma was originally designed as part of the WATERAGRI project. The second version, including a full redesign of the graphics, was developed with funding support from the TU Delft Open Science Programme course "Civic Engagement in Action: Empowering Researchers and Educators to Make an Impact". Game design: Dr. ir. Aashna Mittal - TU Delft, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management Graphic design and illustration: Gracia Bovenberg-Murris and Michelle de Smit – TU Delft GameLab Note on image generation: The images in the tech cards and the border of the main game board were created using AI-generated imagery. The constructed wetlands card image is also AI-generated. All other cards and box art are hand-drawn or created in Adobe Illustrator. Note on usability: The print-and-play version of the game has been optimized for office printing.

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Aashna Mittal, Gracia Bovenberg-Murris, Michelle de Smit

February 1, 2021

Long term decision making

People expect a lot of 'government' or of 'policy' when it comes to dealing with pressing societal problems like climate change, sustainable agro-food chains, economic reforms or public health services. But how can democratic governments pay attention to long-term issues and creeping crises within their present-day tasks? How can they balance responsiveness and responsibility? How can they anticipate future issues? This resource deals with the governance of long-term problems and governmental decision-making processes. It uses terms such as forward-looking decision, multiple streams, and (multi-actor) governance.

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Wieke Pot

September 1, 2026

Integrated Infrastructure Design Guide

Infrastructure forms the backbone of our society – from roads and railways to waterworks and ports – as critical part of vital systems for mobility, water and space. But that backbone is under strain. Ageing systems, climate change and scarce resources force us to rethink fundamentally how we design, use and value infrastructure. This Design Guide starts with one urgent question: how can we make infrastructure future-proof in a world of uncertainty? It introduces integrated approaches in which design, engineering, policy and societal value come together through a wide range of inspiring examples related to urban and regional accessibility and development, spatial quality, flood protection, and ecological restoration. The book demonstrates how infrastructure can be more than merely a functional system. It becomes a driver of societal value and prosperity, and a strategic instrument that connects quality of life, sustainability and economic development. This Design Guide offers a clear conceptual framework to understand and design infrastructure that is not only more efficient, but also more sustainable, inclusive and meaningful. Drawn from thematical insights and lessons, and applicable methods, techniques and strategies by a broad range of scientists and professionals of practice with a background architecture, urban development and design, landscape architecture, civil engineering, economics, governance or policy. A substantial and indispensable guide for designers, engineers and policymakers committed to shaping the infrastructure and the society of tomorrow.

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Hans de Boer, Mark Voorendt, Maurice Harteveld, John Baggen