Water

Study finds that sea-level rise will boost the occurrence of moderate rather than severe flooding in some regions accustomed to severe flooding, while in other areas with little history of severe flooding, the reverse is true. This improves the accuracy of a set of flood predictions and presents important consequences for the management of coastal flooding.

Uganda has launched a national plan to coordinate resource mobilization and implementation of priority targeted cholera prevention and control interventions. They focus on social mobilization and community empowerment, access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, surveillance and laboratory confirmation of outbreaks, prompt case management and infection control.

Poor rainfall usually drives, or at least contributes to drought. But monitoring strategies that rely on rainfall—or even a combination of rainfall and temperature—can fail. A new satellite based drought surveillance system from NOAA can detect vegetation stress without knowing anything about how much it has rained.

The Gifts of Culture board game is a role-playing simulation set in a diverse cultural community. Players represent various groups living in the flood-prone valley. Although their views and ideals differ, they are driven by the same goal - to improve

Low-cost sensors will be deployed across Dublin to monitor rainfall, weather conditions and river levels, and communicate data wirelessly to Dublin City Council’s operations team, which will analyse water levels and take appropriate action.

This report focuses on mandatory or enforcement-based approaches adopted by North American municipalities to to reduce flood risk and inflow and infiltration in existing homes. It explores legal tools that could be used to require private property owners

This series of research papers outlines steps that cities can take to engage in climate risk management in a range of areas, including transportation, agriculture, electricity infrastructure, disaster preparedness and emergency management.

The research

Scientists from the World Agroforestry Centre in Indonesia and Wageningen University & Research have developed an approach in Indonesia which encourages the local population to buffer the drainage in catchment areas of strongly fluctuating rivers.