Urban resilience in South Asia
This publication is titled “Urban Resilience in South Asia”. Some of the important themes covered in this issue include, the role of risk assessments in building capacity of city governments, women leadership
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How changing land use pattern in the Caribbean is impacting storm risks
Turning natural landscapes in the Caribbean into urban areas or farmland may increase the risk of people dying from floods and storms, scientists suggest. In a study published by Scientific Reports
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Study assesses climate change vulnerability in urban America
Flooding due to rising ocean levels. Debilitating heat waves that last longer and occur more frequently. Rising rates of diseases caused by ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes, such as Lyme disease, Chikungunya,
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Be merciless on encroachers of waterbodies: Venkaiah
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, on Sunday, said the recent floods in Chennai have made it a necessity to act strongly against “vested interests” that have encroached water bodies and “mercilessly
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Climate resilience planning in mountainous regions in Nepal
Nepal is a nascent, fast-evolving democracy and yet many towns still have a distinctly rural character with an agro-based economy. The country is dealing with a rapidly increasing urban population in search
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding cancellation of construction of all roads falling in flood plains of all rivers, Pune, 14/01/2015
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sarang Yadwakar Vs Commissioner Pune Municipal Corporation & Ors. dated 14/01/2015 regarding cancellation of construction
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The Future We Don’t Want: how climate change could impact the world’s greatest cities
New research by Acclimatise, C40, the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN), and Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy reveals number of cities and citizens threatened by direct and indirect
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Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
This paper considers the risks from and vulnerabilities to flooding in four urban poor communities close to the coast in Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants and also
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Application of fuzzy logic control for improved operation of urban drainage systems
An urban drainage system conveys storm water from the upstream to the drainage point in the towns and cities. The most important task of this system is to keep the streets and buildings from flooding.
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Principles on investment and financing for water-related disaster risk reduction
The High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), the network to mobilize political will for combating water-related disasters, has developed the “Principles on Investment and Financing
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Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans: lessons from Western Province, Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina
Urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry may be suitable strategies to address the triple challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as the provision of basic services, including
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Delhi’s drainage, desilting and flood control a big fraud: CAG
Stuck on a waterlogged road, many of you would blame the monsoon for your misery. This report should dispel that notion. In its audit of Delhi's drainage, desilting and flood control measures, the Comptroller
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Climate change and disaster risk management: towards a resilient South Asia
Natural hazards are no strangers to a majority of South Asians. The region is periodically afflicted by inundated deltas, parched plains, flooded urban sprawl, severe droughts, cyclone-hit crops, and eroding
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Climate adaptation in Tanzania with ecosystem restoration & flood defence infrastructure
In 2012, the Government of Tanzania secured funding from the Adaptation Fund and the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the development of Sports City in Sector 150, Noida and its effect on the flood plains of river Yamuna and Hindon, 11/08/2014
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Raghubir Singh Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 11/08/2014 regarding the development Sports City in Sector 150,
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Afghanistan Human Development Report 2011
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(27, 42, 65);">Afghanistan Human Development Report 2011 - The Forgotten Front: Water Security and the Crisis in Sanitation <span class="GramE">examines</span> the deep and persistent deprivation in access to drinking water, sanitation and irrigation in Afghanistan, as well as the r
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Risk and resilience lessons from Venice
In the history of disasters in Venice, there are implications for modern times in terms of complex systems management and emerging threats, in particular from examples of risk management and resilience
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Billion people face global flooding risk by 2060, charity warns
Coastal urban populations in China are among those most at risk, the study says A British aid charity is warning that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic
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Water systems map for Chennai urged
Even as Chennai is limping back to normality after the recent floods, an urban expert has called for the preparation of a detailed contour map for the entire Chennai Metropolitan Area to find
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On waterlogging, civic chief's take: it's because of global warming
Mumbai, July 04 WET WEEKEND AHEAD Met office forecasts thundershowers or spells of rain with gusty winds; 4.84-metre high tide likely today With the second highest high tide of this monsoon season forecast on Saturday afternoon at 4.84 metres and the Indian Meteorological Department also predicting spells of rain or thundershowers with gusty winds, Mumbaiites are gearing up for a possibly wet weekend. Over the past years, the city has seen severe waterlogging when high tide is over 4.5 metres during heavy rain.