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Floods
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Lessons From Cities That Plan For Their Rivers
In Nairobi, Kenya, the government is destroying buildings constructed on riparian land in a bid to mitigate the…
How Green Roofs Can Protect Our City From Flooding
Spring and summer 2017 have been among the wettest on record in eastern North America. And the world…
How cities are making hurricanes more destructive
Scientists warn of expanding “bull’s-eyes” as the US builds in parts of the country at ever-greater risk because…
Make Your Cities Flood-Resilient With These Ideas
A new exhibition argues that a ‘landscape first’ approach to urban development, via innovative water management, could make…
The Deadly Rise Of Sea Levels
Climate change is making the oceans rise, creating more and more dangerous situations for our coastal cities. See…