The city of Dar es Salaam, with a population of more than four million, has no climate change adaptation plan. It also has a very large development deficit and lacks adequate provision for infrastructure
This brochure provides an overview of the likely effects of global change (population growth, climate change and related extreme precipitation and floods, urbanization, expansion of infrastructure, migration,
Jamshedpur, June 10: The East Singhbhum district administration is gearing up to tackle probable flash floods this monsoon. The three urban civic bodies
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Ors. dated 15/06/2015 regarding
This document was prepared as a supplement to the Asian Water Development Outlook 2016. It provides background information and explanatory notes on the approach taken, assumptions made, and data used.
Mumbai Pre-monsoon work on Peddar Road postponed for a month A day after one-way traffic rule was imposed on Mumbai
A pair of new studies say that more people than ever lie in harm
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Pune, September 21 A day after floodwaters swept into hutments in Pimpri and Sangvi, irrigation officials ruled out rehabilitation support to the dwellers as the slums were encroaching the riverbed. On Saturday, it was the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation that had to evacuate people from the flooded hutments in Sangvi and Pimpri.
The collapse of a five-storey building and the tragic loss of life at Lalita Park in Laxmi Nagar on Monday night have again drawn attention to concerns about the feasibility of allowing constructions on the Yamuna floodplains. Activists who have been campaigning for a ban on all constructions on the Yamuna floodplains say the collapse should be a point of reference for ongoing and future constr
Abantika Ghosh | TNN New Delhi: Exactly two decades ago, the apology of a river that flows through Delhi had inundated it, leaving 20 people dead. Old timers recall how the top of the gigantic Hanuman statue near Kashmere Gate was the only thing visible above the waters.
New research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa reveals a large part of the the heavily urbanized area of Honolulu and Waikīkī is at risk of groundwater inundation—flooding that occurs as groundwater
Mumbai: In a bid to tackle the growing sewage problems in the western suburbs, the BMC is all set to unveil its Rs-400 crore project proposal under the Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project Stage II for Zone
Mumbai Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Wednesday there was no guarantee against flooding in the city, his remark coming after several promises by the government and multi-crore projects undertaken after the 2005 deluge.
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Umashankar Patwa & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. (Earlier Titled as D.K. Joshi Vs. Union of India & Ors) dated 21/12/2017 regarding
The Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran provided adequate water supply during adverse conditions in the business capital of India, Mumbai. They designed a water distribution system to meet the deficit that arose as a result of the failure of waterworks under disaster.
This report presents a comprehensive framework for measuring the resilience of cities to a broad spectrum of shocks and stresses; from the sudden impact of flooding to the longer term process of urbanisation.
This paper considers how resilience thinking and, in particular, its emphasis on learning has been applied in 10 cities in Vietnam, India, Thailand and Indonesia. Applying a “shared learning” approach
Flooding, extreme weather and drought are serious risks to urban economies. A new CDP report highlights the growth of public-private partnerships to build cities' resilience Cities are home to half
This working paper aims to bring to light the varying degrees of water stress in six cities across India that collectively and individually are major contributors to the nation’s economic output, either
