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CityChanger Melina Scholefield: The Secrets of Vancouver’s Rain City Strategy

Karl Dickinson - 0
Vancouver has undergone a blue-green infrastructure revolution. Its Rain City Strategy integrated nature making the city more resilient to fluctuations in rainfall. Behind it all is Melina Scholefield, a CityChanger with an impressive portfolio...
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CityChanger Vincent Lee: Managing Water with Green Infrastructure

Karl Dickinson - 0
Few firms have the level of recognition that Arup enjoys. This has given Vincent Lee the chance to work on an impressive array of projects since joining the New York office in 2006. He...
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Water

Preventing Day Zero: Lessons from Cape Town

Karl Dickinson - 0
Day Zero: the moment a city’s water dries up completely. For Cape Town, this deadly scenario came too close, but it was averted thanks to collective action and decisive leadership. This story serves as...
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Water

The Challenges Facing Urban Water Management

Karl Dickinson - 0
What water is available to cities is unevenly distributed and increasingly stressed due to population growth. Human activity backed by poor policy safeguards increases volumes of wastewater, reduces that of potable quality, and triggers...
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Water

CityChanger Panchali Saikia: Guardian of Urban Water Governance

Karl Dickinson - 0
Water democracy has implications for health, safety, and life opportunities. Nowhere is this more apparent than among the large informal settlements in Indian cities. This is where the work of Panchali Saikia makes a...
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Cycling

Notable City Indianapolis: Incorporating Stormwater Management into City Culture

Karl Dickinson - 0
Indianapolis saw an opportunity. They had plans for a cultural trail, bringing arts, pride, and improved mobility options to the downtown area. This also handed the city a chance to deal with the amount...
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Water

Water Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson - 0
Water impacts on everything we do, so the problems that mount from handling it poorly are many and varied. To help contextualise the importance of H20 to populous places, we bring you some of...
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Water

Case For Urban Water Management

Karl Dickinson - 0
The more we build, the more we disrupt natural water systems, calling into question whether we’ll have enough to sustain growing city populations. Prioritising water management and blue infrastructure will enable urban environments to...
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Water

Notable City: São Paulo – Water Challenges Along the Class Divide

Karl Dickinson - 0
São Paulo is a tale of two cities. A broken relationship with water has created a litany of challenges, which hit the sprawling favelas harder than the wealthy centre. The Secretary of Urbanism is...
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Water

Where to Start with Urban Water Management

Karl Dickinson - 0
Concerned with how to kick off a better water culture in your city? Whether your region is blighted by too much or too little, our guides are packed full of ideas to get you...
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Water

How to Create Water-Sensitive Cities

Karl Dickinson - 0
With water flowing in from beyond the city boundaries, how can we realistically keep it in check? The International Water Association’s 17 principles for water-wise cities may hold the answer. In this article, we...
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Water

CityChanger Matt Stewart: Reviving River Recreation

Karl Dickinson - 0
Matt Stewart enjoys nothing more than taking a plunge. A native Aussie, he’s the outdoors type and in 2015 began a campaign to make Melbourne’s Yarra River swimmable again. We caught up with this...
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Water

Useful Water Guides: A Reservoir of Resources

Karl Dickinson - 0
Water touches on almost every aspect of our lives and cities. Initially, it appears to be a large and unwieldy beast. Maybe to create sustainable urban systems, we need to break down the components:...
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FWE Nexus

How to Involve Stakeholders in the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson - 0
If you want a say in what happens within your city, the food-water-energy nexus is a perfect opportunity. It impacts almost every aspect of our lives and every function of our cities. Involving as...
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FWE Nexus

Food-Water-Energy Nexus Glossary

Karl Dickinson - 0
There's a lot to the food-water-energy nexus. From too little to too much, and how we manage these extremes and everything in between - it can be difficult to keep up with it all....
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FWE Nexus

Data & Policy: Interpreting the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson - 0
The food-water-energy nexus is complex. People and organisations are funnels for the details that allow us to unravel the puzzle. This information they give sheds light on the interconnected domains and how we can...
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Water

Water/Cooler Moments in the Age of Extreme Heat

Karl Dickinson - 0
As heatwaves become more frequent, we grow reliant on cities taking measures to provide relief. From fountains to pools to games, there are plenty of ways water offers comfort from rising temperatures. There is...
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Water

Water & Data – the Modern Gold: Narjis Zehra

Metka Novak - 0
Narjis Zehra is a go-getter, a visionary, a people person, and definitely a Young Leader to keep an eye on. Despite being only 23 years old, coming from a place where people are fighting...
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