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January 2, 2021

The Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources

Huub Rijnaarts will explain the impact of climate change on freshwater resources through the process of salt water intrusion. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Explain shocks and stresses on critical services and infrastructures (CSIs) of STE systems resulting from a range of disastrous events. DURATION: 1 short video (~5 min long)

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Huub Rijnaarts

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

August 19, 2021

Kampala: Co-creating water resilience through circular water management and stakeholder participation

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, one theme titled 'Co-creation of Sustainable Cities,' seven short videos, and a gaming simulation. To get a better understanding of the co-creation structure in Kampala within the first theme, you can follow a number of lectures on stakeholder dynamics and how to analyze them, and what entails an effective stakeholder participation. Then, you will also see how sustainable cooking practices are helping to reduce air pollution in informal settlements. Finish the case study by playing the Invest in the Future game to experiment with designing urban areas for better climate change resilience.

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Eunice Koid, Claudia Rot, Martine Rutten

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

November 4, 2025

Water-Filled Glass as a Heat Displacement System for Saving Energy in Buildings

In this recorded presentation from glasstec 2024, Brandon Mok introduces Water-filled Glass (WFG), a technology that replaces the gas in an Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) with a water layer connected to a mechanical system with a heat exchanger and pump. The core function is to manage a building's energy demand by controlling the water temperature to optimize the glass surface temperature, thereby reducing the need for mechanical heating and cooling. Studies show WFG can provide 47-72% better energy savings than double glazing and 34-61% better than triple glazing. The presentation further explores a novel concept called SEED (Saving Energy through Energy Distribution), which uses the WFG system to redistribute heat from building facades requiring cooling to those requiring heating simultaneously. A preliminary simulation for office buildings in London and New York showed that WFG alone achieved 58-72% energy savings, with the SEED concept providing an additional 10-13% in savings by balancing energy demands across different orientations. Special thanks to Messe Düsseldorf GmbH for providing the footage, and to Brandon Mok for contributing to the Open GLASSroom OER collection. The creation of these resources has been (partially) funded by the ERASMUS+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2022-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000089750. Neither the European Commission nor the project's national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources.

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Brandon Mok

October 19, 2021

The Urban Nexus of Water, Energy and Food

Explanation on the provision of natural resources in cities from an integrated perspective

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edumedia@wur.nl

February 1, 2021

Quantifying the Performance of Resilience Increasing Measures: Workshop introduction

This resource contains a workshop about quantifying the performance of resilience increasing measures and 3 exercises (Excel) to reflect on shocks and stresses. These exercises focus on Climate, Water and Urban Areas. Students will be asked to reflect on shock and stresses, the (initial and cascading) impact from different perspectives and measures to mitigate the negative consequences (again by looking at many different variables).

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Karina Vink

October 19, 2021

Land03x - Adane Kebede

Interview with Adane Kebede who talks about his landscape in Ethiopia. In this landscape, various stakeholders are involved in the problem of decreasing water quantity and quality in and around lake Ziway.

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edumedia@wur.nl

October 5, 2020

Heatwaves and Resilience in Shanghai, China

As one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Shanghai is especially vulnerable to heatwaves. The urban heat island (UHI) effect is heightening the severity of heat events in the centre which are occurring with increased severity, frequency and duration. The exorbitant swell in air conditioning usage among residents in response points to the need for more sustainable, resilient solutions. This report investigates the impacts of heatwaves relating to the current urban layout, climate change and waste management in Shanghai. Furthermore, the negative effects on the water supply, on human health and related ethical implications are analyzed. Proposed solutions are organized into impact and driving force solutions. Impact solutions consist of increased urban vegetation, the uptake of passive building principles and community-based care networks. Driving force solutions include decarbonizing the power supply, more stringent waste management systems and nutrient management improvements through education and new technology. Additional resources are provided on projected heat wave trends internationally, the evolution in the growth of Shanghai and on the potential for “cool roofing” to mitigate the UHI.

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Emma Little

October 5, 2020

River flooding in Jakarta

Since 1949, Jakarta is facing massive industrial and urban growth due to new colonisations at the Ciliwung River’s mouth. As Jakarta became one of the most important industrial centres in Indonesia, devastating effects of river floods also increased. These two factors may seem irrelevant at first sight, but actually urbanization stimulates river flood events to increase. With changing land use due to rapid urbanization, soil permeability decreases, retention time of water in the environment decreases, deforestation occurs. Also, when changes in precipitation patterns are combined with these factors, Jakarta faces catastrophic effects of river flooding. One of the most important factors that increases the damage of these natural disasters is the lack of infrastructure with appropriate legislations. Applicable solution strategies to decrease the damage of flood on Jakarta includes; institutional measures such as new legislations and public education and technical measures such as infrastructure installation, watershed planning, wastewater management, natural resources management. From an environmental perspective, this study emphasizes river flooding problems of Jakarta and brings solutions on increasing the resilience of the city for a sustainable future.

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Elif Basli