FAIR — Fostering Water Circularity in Peri-Urban Landscapes
An integrated framework for circular water management in peri-urban landscapes across Europe.
Research websiteThe FAIR project develops an integrated framework for circular water management in peri-urban landscapes across Europe. Working across three case study regions — Midden-Delfland (NL), Weiz (AT), and Prato (IT) — the project diagnoses water systems in their full ecological, climatic, cultural, and spatial complexity, moving beyond conventional infrastructure thinking toward a relational and regenerative understanding of water in landscape.
Through co-design with local communities and stakeholders, FAIR develops circular water strategies centred on five system loops — slow, narrow, close, regenerate, and empower — building the foundation for resilient, ecologically grounded water futures in European peri-urban territories.
Midden-Delfland (NL), Weiz (AT), and Prato (IT)
Joint research with Delft University of Technology, University of Florence, and EURAC Research.
Thesis Students: Lucas Fritz (BOKU University), Helene Haslinger (BOKU University)
Students from the Landscape Design Project Summer Semester 2026 at BOKU University
Funded by FFG, NWO, and MUR under the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership, which has been co-funded by the European Commission.