Cities worldwide face common problems – the effects of rapid urbanization and climate change. But cities in developing countries are more vulnerable to these threats and thus would need to bolster their mitigation and adaptation strategies. Rapid urbanization can intensify heat caused by the …
New Zealand’s Net-Zero Goals and the Academe’s Reactions
New Zealand has committed to achieving a net-zero GHG emission by 2050. The Climate Change Commission's final draft advice serves as a roadmap to help the country get there most feasibly and equitably. Earlier this year, the NZ Government has announced the 'feebate' or the clean car discount …
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Are Floating Cities Sustainable Solution to Climate Change Effects
Climate change is a reality that the world is having to deal with daily. More and more coastal cities are becoming exceedingly vulnerable to flood and typhoon damage. It will cost billions to strengthen the infrastructure of these cities to deal with climate threats. A Tahitian entrepreneur has …
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Applying Infrastructure Asset Management Practice to Shun “Day Zero”
Cape Town, South Africa is facing a very dire situation due to a three-year-long mega-drought. By May, the city was expecting to have to turn off its water supply and hand out a meager 25 liters per day to its citizens, who will have to make their way through long and potentially dangerous crowds …
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California Legislation Recognizes Watersheds as Critical Infrastructure
It is no secret that the US State of California has spent the last hundred years creating a vast system and network of pipes, pump stations, and aqueducts that reach far and wide into distant regions in order to filter water from remote rivers into hard to reach dry zones in the Southern part of the …
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Canadian Study on Stormwater Infrastructure – Infrastructure Management
Recently the Sustainable Prosperity, an environmental think tank based at the University of Ottowa, conducted a study, aptly labeled "New Solutions for Sustainable Stormwater Management in Canada." The study reviews the current state of stormwater management in Canada and the two most regularly …
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Integrating Climate Change into Road Asset Management
The technical report "Integrating Climate Change into Road Asset Management" is a climate adaptation resource that we recommend your reading. Prepared by Theuns Henning, Susan Tighe, and Ian Greenwood, with the overall direction of Christopher R. Bennet, this technical report provides …
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Kansas City Wins Sustainable Infrastructure Award – Asset Management Planning
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure recently awarded Kansas City Water's Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects its Envision Platinum award. These projects were specifically engineered to cut combined sewer overflows and improve water quality in the project region - which …
Climate Adaptation Platform Featured in CPATT News
The Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) News in their Fall 2016 edition published an article on their partnership with Auckland University's Climate Adaptation Platform. CPATT is the consortium based at the University of Waterloo, Canada that involves universities, the public, …
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1.1 Billion People More in 2030 – Are We Planning Globally to Meet the World’s Population Growth and Challenges?
By 2030, scientists predict that another 1.1 billion people will be inhabiting planet earth, bringing the world's total population count to a number just shy of 9 billion. Most of them will be born in densely populated urban areas in Asia and Africa - areas that cannot sustain such immense …
Climate Adaptation and Infrastructure Planning for Diminishing Flow of Arizona Rivers
The Grand Canyon, the Mojave Desert, Monument Valley...If you think about Arizona, images of beautiful water-filled canals and orange groves aren't exactly what come to mind. Yet, these are exactly the pictures that were painted for Americans by a government trying to convince them to move into …
Inframanage.com Joins Climate Adaptation Platform, Creates Website
Inframanage.com has joined the Climate Adaptation Platform of the University of Auckland to provide assistance on its infrastructure asset management components. Being in the infrastructure asset management online learning industry, Inframanage.com will assist with the online dissemination of …
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