Expert stories on Water

Iftekhar Ahmed

Iftekhar Ahmed

PhD Associate Professor in Construction Management @ University of Newcastle

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Water

Vernacular buildings and adaptation to floods

April 4, 2022

In flood-prone areas of South and Southeast Asia, vernacular architecture has resulted in various forms of elevated buildings. As climate change causes a wider range of challenges, lessons from this architecture will be key to dealing with future risks.

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Natalia J. Silva

Natalia J. Silva

PhD Researcher at the Department of Architecture @ University of Chile

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Water

Sustainable livelihoods of the Chipaya people in Bolivia

March 21, 2022

Climate change threatens the existence of the Chipaya people by making traditional water management practices non-viable. A sustainable future can be secured by introducing new, sustainable land management technologies.

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Marjolein Vanoppen

Marjolein Vanoppen

Chair industrial and circular water technology @ Ghent University

OceansWater

How desalination can help address the freshwater challenge

May 17, 2021

Fresh water is scarce. Seawater desalination is expected to play a vital role in limiting the gap between water demand and supply. Sixteen thousand desalination plants are currently estimated to be active, producing 95 billion litres of water per day for human use.

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Suil Kang

Suil Kang

Chief Supervisor @ GIST

Water

Ensuring sustainable drinking water supply in rural areas

September 21, 2020

Almost 800 million people still lack adequate access to a sustainable drinking water supply. Gravity-driven membrane filtration technology has been used in several UNDP water management projects in rural areas in Cambodia and Indonesia.

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Dietrich Van der Weken

Dietrich Van der Weken

General Manager @ G-STIC

OceansWater

Nature-based solutions for climate-resilient societies

May 18, 2020

Nature-based solutions are an indispensable part of our global effort to achieve the SDGs. According to the Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Manifesto, they are a vital complement to decarbonisation in establishing climate-resilient societies.

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