REVOLVE #22 - WINTER 2016/17

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Water Governance

Water Governance in Cities

What Challenges for the Future?

At a time when most of the world’s population is living in urban areas or is likely to do so in the future, the relationship between water and cities has become increasingly stressed. Water is both an opportunity for cities to discharge economic and social functions, and a threat when natural disasters affect the local economy, well-being of the people, and ecosystems.

Writer: Oriana Romano

Flooded Battery Park Tunnel after Hurricane Sandy, Manhattan, USA.

Source: Timothy Krause

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