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Water plays a central role in almost every aspect of our urban environment and quality of life in our cities. Alarmingly, the combined impacts of rapid population growth and climate change are now posing a severe threat to the liveability and resilience of our cities. However, it is possible to design water systems that provide cities with the capacity to cope with these threats. So-called “water sensitive urban design” creates water sensitive cities that enhance and protect the health of watercourses and wetlands; mitigate flood risk and damage; and create public spaces that harvest, clean and recycle water. This approach poses complex planning and urban design challenges. And it requires solutions that address equally complex and interrelated considerations, such as social, environmental, political, economic, planning and engineering disciplines.
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Project to improve the institutional capacities of local authorities in Brazil and Mozambique as actors of decentralised cooperation
Developed by United Cities and Local Governments (UCL...
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The region of Latin America and the Caribbean has been working for two years to forge a regional approach, shared among the countries and aimed at setting its own course for implementing the 2030 Agen...
Developed by Economic Commission for Latin America an...
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