Gaetano Di Tommaso and Dario Fazzi In the last few years, the humanities experienced a “blue” turn. As an effort to think critically about the role of water in…
Marcel Andrzejczak Water-related heritage can play an important role in creating a sustainable future for various kinds of landscapes. As an intern at the…
Maarten Ouboter You might associate the word “heritage” with old objects that need to be preserved at high cost. Geohydrochemist and water asset manager Maarten…
Eric Berkers Water heritage connects us with past challenges: it shows us how previous generations solved water related problems. It is the outcome of historic…
Rutgerd Boelens Understanding the world’s diverse, on-the-ground water worldviews and cultures - in the past and the present - is essential to value the…
Gül Aktürk & Stephan Hauser Sea snot is spreading over the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. This slimy substance is a symptom of marine pollution, and is threatening…
Bart Schultz All over the world, people celebrate water. In our fifth Blue Paper, Bart Schultz (professor emeritus of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education)…
Frans Wijsen Whereas water is central to most religions, the treatment of water is often far from holy. With case studies from the Netherlands and Indonesia…
Henk van Schaik & Sir Diederik Six For thousands of years, people have been managing water resources: to provide water for domestic use, agriculture and nature…
Han Meyer Next year, 2022, will be the 150th anniversary of the New Waterway. This artificial access from the sea to the port of Rotterdam was put in use in…