The following is a short, non-exhaustive overview of floating solutions readings since the first decade of the 21st century. Interested readers, please also see the “Publications” pages on our website
Where Sun Meets Water: Floating Solar Market Report
Publisher: World Bank Group et al., 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1596/31880
SeaCities: Aquatic Urbanism
Publisher: Springer Nature, 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2481-3
Proceedings of the Fifth World Conference on Floating Solutions: WCFS 2025; 1-3 Sept., Espoo, Finland
Publisher: Springer Nature Link, 2026
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https://link.springer.com/book/9789819200832
Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Floating Solutions: WCFS 2024; 2–4 December; Hong Kong
Publisher: Springer Singapore, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4569-5
SeaCities: Urban Tactics for Sea-Level Rise
Publisher: Springer Nature, 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8748-1
FLOAT!: Building on Water to Combat Urban Congestion and Climate Change
Publisher: Frame Publishers, 2010
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354374792_Float_Building_on_Water_to_Combat_Urban_Congestion_and_Climate_Change
Proceedings of the Third World Conference on Floating Solutions: WCFS 2023; 28–29 August, Tokyo, Japan
Publisher: Springer Singapore, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0495-8
Large Floating Solutions
Publisher: Springer Nature, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-5435-2
Large Floating Structures: Technological Advances
Publisher: Springer Nature, 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-137-4
WCFS2020: Proceedings of the Second World Conference on Floating Solutions, Rotterdam
Publisher: Springer Singapore, 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2256-4
Automating Cities
Publisher: Springer Nature, 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8670-5
Very Large Floating Structures
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2006
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https://doi.org/10.1201/9781482265927
Adaptive Urban Development
Publisher: Rotterdam University Press, 2012
Read more here (open access)
https://www.rotterdamuas.com/research/projects-and-publications/pub/adaptive-urban-development/3a885f26-d411-4595-ae2e-50b7abd2a2ac/
Earth’s Amphibious Transformation
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/earths-amphibious-transformation/EE52FA4960AC14D70037A3886CA3162F
WCFS2019: Proceedings of the World Conference on Floating Solutions
Publisher: Springer Singapore, 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8743-2