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A UNITED Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)-funded research strongly urged Davao City policymakers to include protecting urban ...
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Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas -- a sharp difference from half a century ago when just 30 percent of the world’s population ...
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Los Angeles has a serious dependence on imported water, and local officials want the state to pitch in more to help the city get more of its water from local ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
IBM Global Entrepreneur Program is conducting a nationwide challenge in the space of Smart City, called the IBM Smartcamp for Smart City. It has opened up ...
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By 2030, over a billion people will live in approximately 100 very large cities and 60 % of the world’s population will live in urban areas. © UNESCO ...
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With the threshold for entry into force of the Paris Agreement having been achieved this month – after India and the EU ratified the agreement – the attention ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Every day at 2 a.m., hundreds of probes installed under Montreal streets come to life in order to check for leaks. About the size of soft drink cans, ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Can Dutch-promoted ‘sponge cities’ be the answer to frequent flooding in urban China? In recent years, frequent torrential rains in China have put drainage ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
10 leading experts helping California’s cities to be drought-proof and more water efficient. Five years of drought have brought both big challenges and big ...
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An urban environment expert at The Australian National University (ANU) is among leading scientists calling for a greater say on a new international plan for ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
EcoSuperior and Castlegreen Co-operative are introducing a new project ho help reduce the impacts of flooding. In an effort to improve water ...
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Some 50 years ago, Los Angeles postcards proudly showcased the city’s tangle of freeways — with traffic flowing freely, of course. To landscape ...
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Hopes of averting climate change are being pitted against urban reality. Enough countries have finally just ratified last year’s United Nations Paris Accord ...
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by Dusko Balenovic, Previous Network Manager at The Water Network
Copenhagen aims to become the world’s first carbon-neutral capital by 2025, an ambitious but not unachievable goal, judging by current and future plans and ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
ISciences develops predictive model for anticipating water stress. The profound disturbance in the planet’s water supply is linked by scientists to climate ...
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Amsterdam is a global leader in using water sensitive urban design (WSUD) principles to manage water sustainably and be resilient to climate change. What is ...
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There is an ongoing water crisis in Nepal’s urban areas, and it is mainly man-made. From 2000 to 2012, Nepal’s urban population with access to improved water ...
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At the World Water Congress and Exhibition in Brisbane today, the International Water Association launched the Principles for Water Wise Cities, with a call ...
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by Dusko Balenovic, Previous Network Manager at The Water Network
A number of studies show that a happy and healthy community — one that is environmentally, socially and economically balanced — has measurable and positive ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A team of researchers from Tokyo has developed a low-cost system to predict river flooding for developing countries, using "internet of things" technology. ...
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