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Water and climate change adaptation: Policies to navigate uncharted waters
Posted on: 5 September 2013
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This publication sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides policy guidance on how to navigate this new “waterscape”.
ITP Water Risk Assessment
Posted on: 4 September 2013
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The International Tourism Partnership (ITP) has published a report on water risk issues in key development areas for the hotel industry – Rio de Janeiro, Beijing and Shanghai, India’s Golden Triangle and Dubai. The study, conducted for ITP by the Stockholm International Water Institute, provides an overview of how freshwater may become a constraint to the hotel industry in the specified regions in terms of maintaining current operations, as well as future growth.
Water Sensitive Cities
Posted on: 24 July 2013
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The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities brings together the inter-disciplinary research expertise and thought-leadership to undertake research that will revolutionise water management in Australia and overseas.Ā In collaboration with over 70 research, industry and government partners, it aims to deliver the socio-technical urban water management solutions, education and training programs, and industry engagement required to make towns and cities water sensitive.
Creating water sensitive places: Scoping the potential for Water Sensitive Urban Design in the UK
Posted on: 15 July 2013
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This scoping study together with the ‘ideas booklet’Ā Water sensitive urban design in the UK: ideas for built environment practitioners, provides details of the drivers, benefits and vision of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) in the UK. It is based on findings from a collaborative project that included extensive consultation and a literature review to understand the role of WSUD in the UK.
Increasing climate change resilience of urban water infrastructure
Posted on: 5 July 2013
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a guidance publication, titled ‘Increasing Climate Resilience of Urban Water Infrastructure,’ based on a case study from Wuhan City, China. The guidance focuses on answering questions faced by city planners and managers: what changes might be caused by climate change?; how will these affect services and utilities?; and what can we do now to prepare for them? Ā The guidance is divided into two sections, the first focuses on an approach to increasing climate resilience of urban water infrastructure, the second outlines short-term investment opportunities.
Surface water management and flooding: Plans, delivery and funding. London, 26 June 2013
Posted on: 2 July 2013
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The aim of this conference was to set out the context, scale and impact of surface water flooding and show how we are moving beyond the important phases of mapping and planning to deliver schemes to manage the risk of flooding to communities. Presentations are available online.
SuD it! Letās do it. Birmingham, 4 June 2013
Posted on: 27 June 2013
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Presentations from four local authorities are available, outlining what they have been doing to make sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) happen.
Catchment based approach: Improving the quality of our water environment
Posted on: 5 June 2013
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A policy framework to encourage the wider adoption of an integrated Catchment Based Approach to improving the quality of our water environment.
2013 Research Councils UK Water Research Showcase. London, 27 March 2013
Posted on: 2 May 2013
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The second Research Councils UK Water Showcase event aimed to develop new industry or other user/researcher collaborations in the area of water. We will do this through showcasing relevant RCUK water research, identifying industry/user needs, and then allowing time for networking. Ā Video footage of the presentations and discussion sessionsĀ are available online.
Water, food, energy securities and climate change. Geneva, 9-11 April 2013
Posted on: 24 April 2013
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The main objectives of the Second International Conference on Water Resources and Environmental Management were to: present the main challenges and opportunities for water, food, energy security and climate change sectors, adopting proper technologies and green economy as a tool of solution; share experience and knowledge on water, food, energy security and climate change management; get feedback on the impact of climate change on water and food resources from officials, experts and other important international stakeholders to know how to adopt new strategies to protect ourselves and our environment; bring experts on water, food, climate and energy security from around the world to one common platform for information sharing and networking; drive the search for solutions to global water, food, climate and energy issues. Presentations are available online.
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