1-5 of 12 matching articles 5 20 100 All How can there be a water shortage in Sana'a amidst record flooding? IRIN • 11 August 2010 Record rainfall in Yemen has not translated into relief from water shortages in the capital. As if climate change flooding wasn't enough: preparing Dhaka for a major earthquake IRIN • 18 June 2010 Aware that an earthquake like Haiti's could strike Dhaka, a city seven times more populous, engineers and government leaders in the Bangladeshi capital are discussing how to reinforce buildings and prepare emergency services, to prevent tragedy on an unimaginable scale. Manila's slums brace for the typhoon season IRIN • 4 June 2010 Informal settlers have returned to the waterways and lakeside areas of Metro Manila since Typhoon Ketsana washed away thousands of homes last year. Asian cities some of the worst and best places to be during a disaster IRIN • 25 October 2010 The 2010 World Disasters Report highlights the "urban risk divide" between wealthy cities like Tokyo and poorer cities like Kathmandu, Manila and Jakarta which would face serious losses in any emergency. "We can buy ourselves 300 years" say planners on fighting rising sea levels in delta cities Anthony Flint/Citiscope • 16 June 2010 As coastal and delta cities face the impacts of rising sea levels due to climate change, planners are readying with a combination of sea wall solutions, ecological engineering and urban design, which one says will buy us three centuries of security. 1 2 3
