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Social Development Issues in the Urban Sector

10 October 2018
Urban poverty has four major dimensions that reinforce each other. These are income and social poverty, environmental poverty, education poverty, and health poverty. These dimensions encompass issues such as employment insecurity, lack of access to opportunities and basic services, hazardous…

Integration of Flood Risk Assessment into Urban planning

10 October 2018
Flood risk assessment looks at vulnerabilities of people, property, essential services, environment, and the economy and the hazards that confront them. It reduces vulnerabilities and keeps communities secure. Sound flood risk assessments help governments make the best solution that can save lives…

Monitoring and Assessment of Floods and Droughts: Improved Solution for Mitigation

9 October 2018
Disaster risks have become more prevalent because of unplanned urbanization, poverty, and environmental deterioration. Climate change excacerbates these risks. Big data analysis can help mitigate these risks because it can provide insights that can assist in hazard and risk assessment.

DBO (Design-Build-Operate) Contracting in the Water Sector: Main Assets of a Growing Practice Worldwide

3 October 2018
DBO (Design-Build-Operate) Contracting in the Water Sector: Main Assets of a Growing Practice Worldwide

Procurement of a large scale desalination plant

3 October 2018
Procurement of a large scale desalination plant

Innovative Approaches to PPP Contract Modalities in the Philippine Water Sector

3 October 2018
Innovative Approaches to PPP Contract Modalities in the Philippine Water Sector

Online portal supporting flood and drought management in Asia

2 October 2018
The world's climate has become increasingly unpredictable, making it harder for people everywhere to prepare for floods and drought. Online portals and tools can help provide real time satelite data that can provide information that can save lives in times of floods and heavy rains. They can also…

A web-based platform for managing water resources allocation under climate uncertainties (Web-WASP)

2 October 2018
A web-based platform for managing water resources allocation under climate uncertainties (Web-WASP)

Basin Futures: Big data supporting rapid basin-scale water assessments

2 October 2018
This presentation discusses Basin Futures, a tool that supports rapid basin-scale water assessments using local and global data sets. This tool helps in water planning and supports SDG 6 analysis and web-based applications.

Basin Futures: Big data supporting rapid basin-scale water assessments

2 October 2018
Basin Futures: Big data supporting rapid basin-scale water assessments