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Flooding in the United States is its most expensive natural disaster, costing them an annual US $32.1 billion loss under a 2020 climate. Analysis from the study, Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene, shows that flood risk will rise by 26% in 2050 due to climate change. …
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In Vermont, USA, the state-mandated lead testing revealed that 98% of its public schools and childcare facilities have lead in their drinking water. Act 66, passed in 2019, requires all public school and childcare facilities in the state to test their drinking and cooking water for lead …
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Hamilton City, Ontario, discovers a 26-year-old sewage leak flowing into the Hamilton Harbour. The spillage happened near Burlington Street and Wentworth Street due to a hole placed by a contractor from a sewer line into a stormwater line in 1996. Speaking to reporters, Nick Winters, …
Statistics from Malaysia’s police recorded 402,626 road accidents from January to September 2022, resulting in 4,379 deaths. The number is 58% higher than the previous year’s 255,532 road accidents and 3,324 fatalities. Free Malaysia Today notes that the recent deaths from road accidents …
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Australia is significantly expanding its rail network for passenger and rail use, and the work will continue for many years. But integrating the old and existing rail infrastructure with new ones poses a challenge in construction and operation. According to Infrastructure Magazine, an October …
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CNN reports a biking accident that killed a wife and a mother of two just weeks after she and her husband returned from Ukraine. The couple worked as diplomats in Ukraine for a year and a half and were part of a small group of US government employees who stayed behind after Russia invaded …
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Although we live in the 21st century, we still use most twentieth-century water infrastructure. The aging infrastructure, population growth that raised the water demands, and climate change pose challenges to water infrastructure. Yet, many communities in the United States still lack access to …
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Hoboken, New Jersey, residents are no strangers to frequent water main problems. The city regularly experiences water main breaks, low water pressure from their pipes, and discolored water. On 8 November 2022, reports of a water main break on one of the city's streets, Clinton Street, prompted …
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Developed and developing countries manage their urban problems quite differently, mainly depending on the availability of resources, technology, and funds in both countries. In developed countries, urban innovation, which refers to the use of digital technology and platforms, is becoming a …
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One-third of all local roads, B and C roads in England urgently need maintenance and repair – according to the country’s Department for Transport (DfT) annual report. The report also shows the conditions of roads in England, such as surface conditions, skidding resistance, highway maintenance …
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On 7 November 2022, the annual climate change summit, COP27, started in Egypt. This year's climate change summit gathered world leaders to discuss and plan how to tackle the climate crisis through climate mitigation or reducing emissions, and climate adaptation or how to prepare for the impacts …
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Thousands of Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland in Canada comprising communities in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Northern Quebec, and Labrador, are facing housing issues. A new report from Statistics Canada shows that little has improved over the past five years and, in some …
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