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Canada changes its building code to tackle climate change
Canada's building code is heading towards environmental sustainability. The new regulations will be implemented by 2025. The effects of climate change have been intensified in Canada and, therefore...
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Rain water exceeds dam in Indonesia: Extreme flooding and landslides
Heavy rains exceeded a dam causing disastrous flooding and triggering landslides in central Indonesia on January, 23, 2019. Heavy rains exceeded a dam causing disastrous flooding and triggering lands...
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A method to deal with urban storm flooding
Researchers from MIT claim that engineered green spaces can capture and purify water from storms contributing in flooding problem treatment. Due to climate change, weather conditions have altered a...
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Flood-resistant buildings: a concept-project for the city of New York
The proposed towers could survive 6ft(!) of sea level rise at Manhattan’s Pier 40 The proposed towers could survive 6ft(!) of sea level rise at Manhattan’s Pier 40 Read more
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Freetown’s landslide and flooding disaster was 90 percent man-made
Preventable human causes are being blamed for the landslides and flooding that hit Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, in August 2017, killing around 500 people and destroying dozens of homes. Preventa...
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