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Reports & Books

Space@Sea: Floating Islands Development and Deployment Roadmap
Author: Karina Czapiewska and Fen Yu Lin

Space@Sea: A catalogue of technical requirements and best practices for the design of Living@Sea
Author: Karina Czapiewska & Fen-Yu Lin

Space@Sea: Business Case Living@Sea
Author: Bart Roeffen, Karina Czapiewska & Fen-Yu Lin

Space@Sea: Demonstrator Design
Author: Barbara Dal Bo Zanon, Karina Czapiewska & David Kirkwood

Space@Sea: Integrated Design and Realisation of Integrated Model
Author: David Kirkwood

KIVI: Floating Cities
Author: Jan van Kessel & Barbara Dal Bo Zanon

Floating City IJmeer
Author: Deltasync

Environmental Assessment Report: French Polynesia
Author: Blue21

Adaptive urban development
Author: Rutger de Graaf

Seasteading Implementation Plan
Author: DeltaSync

Realising a floating city
Author: Kelvin Ko

Cyclicity: A new direction to protect deltas and preserve marine ecosystems
Author: K.M. Czapiewska, B.Roeffen & R.E. de Graaf

Air cushion Supported Mega-Floaters
Author: Jan van Kessel

Transportation systems in floating citie
Author: Barend Vreugdehil

Artificial Islands in The Law of the Sea
Author: Francesca Galea

De Drijvende Nutseenheid
Author: Deltasync

Modulair
Author: Blue21

Innovations in urban water management to reduce the vulnerability of cities
Author: Rutger de Graaf

Climate Resilient Urban Areas: Governance, Design and Development in Coastal Delta Cities
Author: Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther

Book Review: "The Urbanisation of the Sea"
Author: Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther

INNOZOWA public report (in Dutch)
Author: INNOZOWA consortium

Hydroelastic analysis of a multi-module Very Large Floating Structure
Author: Dorette Regout

How tsunami transmission is influenced by floating city design parameters
Author: Simone C. Geerlings

Climate Resilient Urban Areas: Governance, design and development in coastal delta cities
Author: Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther

A Modular Unified Model of Ship Manoeuvering in Irregular Wind Generated Waves
Author: Lindert van Tongeren
Scientific Articles

Potential of Floating Production for delta and coastal cities
Author: Barbara Dal Bo Zanon et al

Blauwe oplossingsruimte haalt Nederland uit de impasse
Author: Rutger de Graaf

Reducing global land scarcity with floating urban development and food production
Author: Bart Roeffen et al

Receptivity to transformative change in the Dutch urban water management Sector
Author: Rutger de Graaf et al

Potential of floating productive development for delta cities
Author: Barbara Dal Bo Zanon et al

Perspectives on innovation A survey of the Dutch urban water sector
Author: Rutger de Graaf et al

Innovative Water Quality and Ecology Monitoring Using Underwater Unmanned Vehicles: Feild Applications, Challenges & Feedback from Water Managers
Author: Rui L. Pedroso de Lima, Floris C. Boogard, Rutger de Graaf

Mapping Opportunities for Floating Urban Development in Port Cities
Author: Rutger de Graaf et al

Sustainable Urban Transformations & Sustainability Transitions; Conceptual Framework & Casestudy
Author: R.E. de Graaf, L. Ernst, Gert-Joost Peek, Derk Loorbach

Innovative floating bifacial photovoltaic solutions for inland water areas
Author: Bart Roeffen & Fen-Yu Lin

In-Situ Water Quality Observations under a Large-Scale Floating Solar Farm Using Sensors and Underwater Drones
Author: Rui L. Pedroso de Lima et al

Legal Issues for Artificial Floating Islands
Author: Fen-Yu Lin et al

Legal Framework for Sustainable Floating City Development: A Case Study of the Netherlands
Author: Fen-Yu (Vicky) Lin et al

Impacts of floating urbanization on water quality and aquatic ecosystems: a study based on in situ data and observations
Author: Rui L. Pedroso de Lima et al
Professional Publications

Global Trends in the development of maritime floating cities and future developments
Author: Karina Czapiewska

Blue21: ‘Onze toekomst is op het water’
Author: Karina Czapiewska

A Blue Quantum Leap: What Governance Options Do We Have?
Author: Rutger De Graaf

Weinig invloed op ecosystemen onder drijvende objecten
Author: Rutger De Graaf et al

The floating city as an ecosystem
Author: Van Uffelen, C. Rentmeester, S.

Building Cities on the Sea
Author: Jan van Kessel

Rette sich, wer kann. Können wir?
Author: Rutger De Graaf

Creating floating cities- Utopia or a new perspective for the future?
Author: Rutger De Graaf & Karina Czapiewska

Floating Solutions: A new tool in Dutch Delta Technology
Author: Netherlands Water Partnership

Bouwen op het water draagt bij aan oplossing voor de woningnood
Author: Vastgoedmarkt

Is wonen op het water het antwoord op de stijgende zeespiegel?
Author: EenVandaag

Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes
Author: Yale Environment 360

Finest Floating explores potential of floating structures for Helsinki-Tallinn metropole
Author: Dutch Water Sector
Videos
Presentations

Floating Cities are no longer science fiction
Author: Blue21

Floating Cities for human and ecological progress monitored real time by aquatic drones
Author: Rutger de Graaf

Capacity Building
Author: Blue21

Our Services
Author: Blue21

Our Vision
Author: Blue21

Blue Revolution: A perspective for human and ecological development in the 21st century
Author: Rutger de Graaf

The impact of floating urbanisation on water quality and ecology
Author: Rutger de Graaf

A Blue Century on the Horizon: Paving the Waves Keynote
Author: Rutger de Graaf
Podcasts

Climate Science and Seasteading Solutions
Bart Roeffen- Blue Frontiers Podcast

Floating Real-Estate
Karina Czapiewska- Blue Frontiers Podcast

Floating Cities with a positive impact on the planet
Rutger De Graaf- Blue Frontiers Podcast

Should we build new cities at sea?
BBC Podcast

Real World Floating Architecture
Karina Czapiewska - Seasteading Podcast

"Groen, groener… blauw" - drijvend bouwen
Rutger de Graaf & Nanne de Ru - de Architect NL

Maritime Urbanism and the Design of Floating Cities
Rutger de Graaf for the Deep Blue Institute
Radio

Is de stad van de toekomst een drijvende stad?
BNR Nieuwsradio

Adpating to a warmer world
BBC Radio

Karina Czapiewska van Blue21 legt uit wat eer getest wordt.
BNR Nieuwsradio

Schiphol op zee goed idee?
NPO Radio

Een stad op drijvende pontons
BNR Nieuwsradio
Lectures

Inaugural lecture ‘Blue Revolution’
Rutger de Graaf

INDYMO onderwaterdrone
Rutger de Graaf

KIVI Symposium – Looking back from 2050
Jan van Kessel

Environmental Framework for Floating Islands
Karina Czapiewska

Architectural Opportunities
Bart Roeffen

World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020
Rutger De Graaf

World Conference on Floating Solutions 2020
Bart Roeffen

World Conference on Floating Solutions
Fen-Yu (Vicky) Lin

Floating Urban Development in Baltic Regions
Karina Czapiewska

JMSE Webinar | Floating Solutions for Addressing Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Cities
Rutger De Graaf-van Dinther