Critical infrastructure

A recent study compiled research showing that in cities where there are complex networks of buried and partially buried infrastructure, interaction with this shallower and saltier groundwater exacerbates corrosion and failure of critical systems.

Korean engineers develop an easy-to-install, economical, and quick-to-use concrete mat as an alternative to traditional road paving.

Climate change is threatening America’s water infrastructure as intensifying storms deluge communities and droughts dry up freshwater supplies in regions that aren’t prepared.

Water levels at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe have dropped dramatically because of the latest El Niño drought.

Insurer-led organisation seeks to drive greater mobilisation of insurance sector capital and more impactful insurance sector investments into resilient infrastructure in emerging and developing economies.

At the forefront of building resilient communities, the Hong Kong Red Cross (Branch of Red Cross Society of China) is leading exciting disaster preparedness and risk reduction initiatives from local to international levels.

This transport adaptation strategy includes actions and policies to enhance climate adaptation planning across the transport sector, ensure these plans are achieved, and lead to improved climate resilience in the transport system.

Taiwan sits on a boundary of tectonic plates, and its long history of catastrophic quakes has forced the island to improve its building construction and design-related technologies.