Overview The blog explores Tianjin’s comprehensive water management approach, detailing its water supply systems, infrastructure, and pricing mechanisms. The city faces complex water challenges with climate change, including water scarcity, pluvial flooding, land subsidence, and water pollution. Historically reliant on rivers like the Haihe and now dependent on large-scale water […]
Introduction Kawasaki, situated along Japan’s western Tokyo Bay, faces increasing flood risks driven by its geographic and climatic challenges. With a significant portion of its population and assets concentrated on vulnerable alluvial plains, even a single flood event could result in catastrophic damage. Map: Kawasaki City Hydrology and Water Facilities, […]
Introduction Montpelier, the capital of Vermont and the smallest U.S. capital by population with approximately 8,000 residents, is located in Washington County at the confluence of the Winooski River and its tributaries, the North Branch and Stevens Branch (City of Montpelier, “Welcome to Montpelier”; Figure 1). Montpelier’s river-centered valley and […]
Saint Louis is a West African municipality that experiences water delivery and wastewater management challenges. These challenges largely stem from the national water utility’s inability to keep up with the pace of urban growth and provide adequate service for all residents. Due to its geographic location, the city also experiences […]
Brief History of Detroit The city of Detriot can be said to have originated from the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac’s establishment of a fort on the banks of the Detriot River in 1701. By the 20th century, it became known as the automobile capital of the world, as […]
Hannah Locke The city of Tampa’s water system is affected by a variety of growing issues that have increasingly intensified in the last few decades and will continue to if not properly addressed. Tampa’s location on the Gulf Coast of Florida has seen an increase of extreme weather events, including […]
When we think of the city of Shenzhen, it is the epitome and symbol of China’s opening up to the outside world, it has created a miracle in the history of industrialization, modernization and urbanization development in the world, and it always ventures to lead the world. After forty-year high-speed […]
The City of Galveston, Texas faces serious challenges associated with coastal flooding. Climate change poses increasing risks in the form of sea level rise and more severe storms that leave the Island’s infrastructure (particularly wastewater treatment) vulnerable to flooding events that compromise the health and safety of residents as well […]
Introduction: Surabaya City has a population of around 2.9 million people, which increases to 9.5 million if we count residents living in the extended metropolitan area outside the city. The population mainly comprises Javanese, and the main religion observed is Islam. Surabaya is a rapidly growing city, both economically and […]
Living with the undesirable consequences of urban flooding – soiled home furnishings, widespread traffic delays, economic disruption, and even casualties – is an everyday reality for Metro Manila’s nearly seventeen million residents. Urban floods annually affect more than three million Manileños, killing more than 600 and billing over $160 million […]