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Land & Water Integration

ARSET trainings – NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)

Training and webinars on how to use NASA’s remote sensing products in applications to build capacity, to conduct custom analyses, develop indicators, and solve problems. Topic areas include agriculture, climate & resilience, disasters, ecological conservation, health & air quality, and water resources.  

appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/capacity-building/arset

Colorado Comprehensive Planning Laws – Colorado Department of Local Affairs

Guide to comprehensive planning in Colorado 

cdola.colorado.gov/community-development-planning/comprehensive-plans 

Growing Water Smart Metrics – Sonoran Institute

The Metrics Report assists communities in measuring progress towards integrating water and land use planning. Data-informed decisions lead to intentional adaptations. This guidebook recommends common metrics, and how to collect this data at community, regional, and state scales. 

sonoraninstitute.org/resource/growing-water-smart-metrics-report/

Incorporating Water into Comprehensive Planning– Babbitt Center (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)

A Manual for Land Use Planners in the Colorado River Basin –outlining how to incorporate water into a community comprehensive plan. 

lincolninst.edu/incorporating-water-comprehensive-planning

Internet of Water Principles – Internet of Water

The Internet of Water Principles were originally developed during the Aspen Institute Dialog Series on Water Data, and published in the 2017 report “The Internet of Water: Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability.” In 2021, the Principles were revised in consultation with the Advisory Board of the Nicholas Institute’s Internet of Water Project to reflect lessons learned over the first three years of project implementation. 

internetofwater.org/internet-of-water-principles/