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Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy | Robert Brears | Palgrave Macmillan

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Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy | Robert Brears | Palgrave Macmillan

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This book provides insight into how governments are using a variety of innovative fiscal and non-fiscal instruments to develop circular economies with ...

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Planted buildings: Is this the Future of Our Cities or Just an Eco-Fantasy?

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Planted buildings: Is this the Future of Our Cities or Just an Eco-Fantasy?

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The trend for “green” eco-fantasy buildings is sweeping the world of architecture, with designers now integrating gardens, terraces and all manner of vertical ...

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A Flood-Proof ​Parking Garage ​That Rises as ​It Rains ​

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A Flood-Proof ​Parking Garage ​That Rises as ​It Rains ​

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Third Nature (Tredje Natur) releases a groundbreaking solution to major cities’ challenges with flooding, parking and lack of green spaces. By stacking water ...

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Wastewater Treatment Plants Becoming Prosumers

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Wastewater Treatment Plants Becoming Prosumers

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Around the world, leading wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are becoming prosumers: both a producer and consumer of energy. In regular WWTPs, aeration, ...

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Obama: Cities, States, Nonprofits New Climate Change Leaders

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Obama: Cities, States, Nonprofits New Climate Change Leaders

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Former President Barack Obama says cities, states and non-profit groups have emerged as “the new face of leadership” on climate change. ***By National ...

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Researchers Find Urban Development Dramatically Increases Stream Flow

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Researchers Find Urban Development Dramatically Increases Stream Flow

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Urban development dramatically increases the flow of water in streams and rivers, creating an uptick in flood events, according to a study by Georgia State ...

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How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn it Into a Sponge

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How to Build a City That Doesn’t Flood? Turn it Into a Sponge

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Urban floods make the news with alarming regularity. Just in the past few months, Hurricane Harvey submerged Houston , and the seasonal monsoon crippled ...

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More than 750,000 Kiwis Exposed to Potentially Unsafe Drinking Water

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More than 750,000 Kiwis Exposed to Potentially Unsafe Drinking Water

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Complacency, inept officials – a Government inquiry paints a frightening picture of the state of New Zealand's drinking water, with at least 750,000 of us ...

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Sydney Water Opens 'Customer Hub' to 1M Users

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Sydney Water Opens 'Customer Hub' to 1M Users

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Sydney Water is using a new data-driven ‘customer hub’ to manage water delivery in real-time to more than a million customers in Sydney’s west. The utility ...

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The Cities of Tomorrow Will Be Populated With "Bio Houses"

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The Cities of Tomorrow Will Be Populated With "Bio Houses"

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Traditional buildings are designed to provide protection against a savage world, with us safe on one side and our waste on the other. Architects have long ...

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The Amazon Effect: How Deforestation is Starving São Paulo of Water

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The Amazon Effect: How Deforestation is Starving São Paulo of Water

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São Paulo could face more devastating water shortages if farmers continue to clear the Amazon forest, warns the utility chief who recently steered the biggest ...

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Australian Capital City 'A River of Fire' - Who Would Want to Live There?

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Australian Capital City 'A River of Fire' - Who Would Want to  Live There?

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Centuries-old heatwave records have been shattered all over Australia in the past week as cities from Hobart to Sydney have been hit by prolonged stretches of ...

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Uniting Major Cities for a Water-secure World

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Uniting Major Cities for a Water-secure World

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GWOPA joins forces with major city networks and the World Water Council to ensure access to water for all In the next 10 years, 70% of the Earth’s population ...

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Ribbed Mussels Could Help Improve Urban Water Quality

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Ribbed Mussels Could Help Improve Urban Water Quality

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Ribbed mussels can remove nitrogen and other excess nutrients from an urban estuary and could help improve water quality in other urban and coastal locations, ...

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PUB Guide to Help Non-Domestic Buildings Save Water

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PUB Guide to Help Non-Domestic Buildings Save Water

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National water agency PUB is aiming to improve water use by non-domestic consumers - a group that represents nearly three-quarters of future demand. By Lim ...

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