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Climate change impacts are increasingly felt, especially in cities and urban areas. Rising temperatures exacerbated by the urban heat island (UHI) effect, creeping sea levels, and the increasing frequency and severity of extreme natural events like storms, floods, droughts, and heatwaves pose …
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Bangladesh's unique geographic landscape is a low-lying delta with many rivers and tributaries, hence known as the land of rivers, making it flood-prone and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Besides its many rivers and lakes, the country has a small hilly region crossed by swiftly flowing …
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Rising global temperatures have led to more intense heat waves, stronger hurricanes and floods, longer wildfire seasons, and widespread droughts. Copernicus data shows that from July 2023 until August 2024, for a consecutive 13 months, global average temperatures were 1.5°C above the …
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Many companies worldwide are struggling with labor shortages. According to Randstad, two-thirds of global leaders have faced a labor shortage within the past 12 months. The rise of emerging technologies also worsens the workforce gap, creating a demand for these new skills. A recent European …
As climate change's effects intensify and become more frequent, it becomes crucial to design infrastructure projects considering their location and present and future conditions. Data from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information shows that in 2023, the United States sustained 28 …
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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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Climate Adaptation Platform featured the Netherlands' newest city, Almere, which they built on reclaimed land measuring 1,000 square kilometers to alleviate crowding in nearby cities of Amsterdam and Utrecht. When they conceptualized it in the 1970s, one thing was clear, Almere, a medieval Dutch …
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Current legislation says that every new building constructed must have a green roof to absorb stormwater in Toronto, Canada. The City of Toronto website says that in 2009, Toronto was the first city in North America to adopt a bylaw to require and govern the construction of green roofs. "The …
The new Philippine International Airport is being constructed in Bulacan, 35 kilometers north of the capital city of Manila. This airport project is a part of the flagship infrastructure program, Build build build, under President Duterte's administration. With a price tag of $14.5 billion, it …
An aerial shot of a portion of Metro Manila posted by Paulo Alcazaren, an urban planner and landscape architect, went viral in the Philippines in his social media account. The photo showed how the Philippines, the 2nd largest city, lacked green spaces. The GMA article by Lou Albano, "How Do You …
It has been almost two years since the world became aware of the novel coronavirus labeled COVID-19. Since the pandemic began in January 2020, it has infected more than 230 million worldwide in more than 220 countries. The lockdowns that countries have imposed to limit the spread of the …
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The United States' aging civil infrastructure needs a new strategy to build better infrastructure. The current repairs and replacement of infrastructure in the country are disorganized and patchwork, inefficient and costly. Intelligent or smart infrastructure that integrates digital technology …
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