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Dallas, Texas, may be on the verge of a green revolution. A massive nature park will soon be complete, covering nearly 10,000 acres. That’s more than 10 times ...
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Farming groups unite to call on province to freeze urban boundaries now For the first time, all of Ontario’s major farm organizations, representing some ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Bolstered by the SDGs framework, cities must open themselves up to becoming laboratories for urban water-policy reform. The age of water that is ...
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Whether water sensitive urban design is a soaring success or an abject failure depends who you ask – or perhaps where you work. Water sensitive urban design, ...
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The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has announced a three-year support programme to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the capital ...
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Diamond Developers, the company behind the $354 million The Sustainable City in Dubailand, is planning to launch two 'sustainable' apartment towers in Arjan, ...
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A new report suggests the amount of fruit and vegetables grown on farmland on Melbourne's fringe could drop dramatically if urban expansion continues. The ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
IBM has announced the results for the IBM SmartCamp for Smart City 2016 challenge. The initiative was organised with an aim to provide a platform to B2B and ...
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Authorities in three Bolivian regions have called an end to the school year two weeks early as the country suffers from a severe and prolonged drought. Three ...
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Songdo, South Korea began its life as tidal marshland. Now it’s leading the charge into the future of smart cities. Once home to small-scale fishing ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The European Space Agency revealed this enthralling map which highlights Europe’s urban agglomerations. They didn’t offer too many details about it, just ...
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Asia-Pacific region faces rapid urbanisation, which offers a chance for social and economic development, but only if the policymakers timely address key ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
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San Francisco’s paved surfaces, including buildings, streets and parking lots, cover most of the city, preventing rainwater from infiltrating into the ground. ...
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Arup International Development created a new city index to make the concept of resilience “tangible, practical and globally applicable”, and help cities ...
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By 2030, 5 billion people will be living in urban areas with hundreds of millions living in one of the world’s 41 mega-cities, up from 28 today. At the same ...
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