How Kisumu, Kenya’s lakeside city, is curbing the housing deficit
The majority of African cities are struggling with flooding, housing deficits and poor sewerage connectivity, all of which are caused…
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Same old funding model can’t keep South African cities going or serve residents
Local government, neglected under apartheid in South Africa, was elevated in the 1996 constitution so as to strengthen democracy and…
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Opinion: How to create better cities when the pandemic is over
Slow down and embrace nature. The pandemic recovery offers an opportunity to put green and blue space as the focus…
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What role can district heating play in the energy transition?
Heating homes with excess heat from power plants instead of individual boilers seems like a climate no-brainer, but given its…
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Around the world, local utility suppliers hadn’t planned for a pandemic
And we're all using less electricity now.
ByHow AI can turn “smart” sewers into our first line of flood defences
The UK will need to spend £1bn a year on flood management to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, according…
ByWater is scarce. So why is it underpriced?
In the summer of 2017, for the first time in 2,000 years, Rome shut off its public water fountains. Since…
The Museum of London now has a fatcam video feed so you can watch its fatberg live, for some reason
Remember the “monster fatberg” – the 250m long, 130 tonne congealed lump of fat, oil, wet wipes and sanitary products…
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