In a large international collaboration between the Municipality of Eindhoven (F. v. Swol – project lead), CESAM-DAO-UA (P. Roebeling), various universities, municipalities and natural resource management agencies, the project 'Deploying the added value of water in local and regional development' (Aqua_Add) aims to better deploy the potential of 'water' (economically, socially and environmentally) in urbanised landscapes and to improve the implementation of water measures in local and regional spatial development.