Aravali foothills may be opened to realty
Despite repeated tragedies that clearly illustrate the dangers of haphazard urban development at the cost of the environment -the Chennai floods being the most recent example -the authorities never seem
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Participatory integrated assessment of flood protection measures for climate adaptation in Dhaka
Dhaka is one of the largest megacities in the world and its population is growing rapidly. Due to its location on a deltaic plain, the city is extremely prone to detrimental flooding, and risks associated
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Now it is floods
It is time people established their relationship with water once again
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Need for conservation of water bodies stressed
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need of conservation of water bodies for a better Guwahati. He also emphasized on demarcation of the Guwahati Metropolitan region to control the fringe
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Heat gone, people fear floods
BHADRAK: The monsoon showers may have come as a relief from the scorching heat but the residents of Bhadrak are in for another trouble flooding. Rains for the last two days have already inundated the court and collectorate campus and people here fear a floodlike situation in the town if it rains incessantly.
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Water: Towards a paradigm shift in the twelfth plan
The Twelfth Plan proposes a fundamental change in the principles, approach and strategies of water management in India. This paradigm shift was the outcome of a new and inclusive process of plan formulation,
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The challenge for Africas cities
Along with all the development problems confronting African cities, they are under-resourced and ill prepared to cope with the hazards of Global Environment Change (GEC). Here leading experts, David Simon and Cheikh Gu
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Sucker machines to fight flooding
New Delhi:A day after the monsoon hit the city and complaints of waterlogging poured in from different areas, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has woken up to the menace. The civic agency is planning to order 13 new super sucker machines used for cleaning drains, a demand pending for a long time.
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Post disaster management of water supply of Ambernath and Badlapur cities
During disaster, management of essential services is a daunting task. Water supply systems (WSS) are susceptible to natural disasters like earthquakes, floods and famine and also face threat from man-made disasters. Since water is the basic need of living being, restoring it is a major challenge to water engineers in such a scenarios.
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Impact of urban land transformation on water bodies in Srinagar city, India
Human actions rather than natural forces are the source of most contemporary changes in the state and flows of the biosphere. Understanding these actions and the social forces that drive them is crucial
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Government to fix responsibility for water-logging
The Delhi Government has taken a very serious view on water-logging and will not tolerate any type of negligence in this regard, said Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh at a meeting on Thursday
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Demo against flash floods
The Greater Guwahati Citizen's Coordination Committee has decided to stage a sit-in demonstration in front of the State Assembly during its monsoon session on the issue of artificial floods in the city. The committee condemned the government agencies on their laid back attitude on the civic problems of the city and failure to find any solution of the waterlogging problem in Guwahati, in a recent public meeting. Different speakers, experts and conscious citizens held the faulty government policies responsible for this problem, affecting every Guwahatian.
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Developing a functional model for cities impacted by a natural hazard: application to a city affected by flooding
The experience feedback on a crisis that hit a city is frequently used as a "recollection" tool. To capitalize information about an experience feedback from the cities that have been affected by a natural
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Built-in resilience: learning from grassroots coping strategies for climate variability
Significant lessons can be drawn from grassroots experiences of coping with extreme weather for reducing the vulnerability of the urban poor to climate change. This paper examines the household and community
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on flood plain area declared by the authorities and whether any construction was permitted
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akash Vashishtha & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/09/2013 on what is the flood plain area declared by the authorities and whether any
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Multi-hazard risks in New York City
<p>Megacities are predominantly concentrated along coastlines, making them exposed to a diverse mix of natural hazards.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/NewYork_City_Hazards.pdf"
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Schemes for Flood Control and Flood Forecasting
<p>This audit report on “Schemes for Flood Control and Flood Forecasting” by the Comptroller And Auditor General of India (CAG), examined whether schemes for flood control and flood forecasting were efficient and effective. It revealed delays in completion of projects under the flood management programmes.</p>
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PC clears ` 35 cr flood protection project for Leh
Funds for four more nullahs in phased manner JAMMU: In a step aimed at ensuring that flash floods don't cause devastation in future, the Planning Commission has cleared investment of ` 35.83 crore for
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Quantification of loss in spatial extent of lakes and wetlands in the suburbs of Srinagar city during last century using geospatial approach
In the study, geospatial tools were employed for quantifying changes in the spatial extent of fragile ecosystems of some of the world's most famous lakes and wetlands located in the suburbs of Srinagar.
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Regional scale prioritisation for key ecosystem services, renewable energy production and urban development
Although the importance of addressing ecosystem service benefits in regional land use planning and decision-making is evident, substantial practical challenges remain. In particular, methods to identify