The World Economic Forum recently published The Global Risks of Highest Concerns for 2016. Their findings highlighted that the Water Crisis will be the biggest risk for the next 10 years. From too much water to too little; fro...
An inordinately high level of water losses – up to 50 per cent of water entering the distribution system – burdens water companies and customers in many developing countries. The culprit is non-revenue water (NRW): both real l...
The rapid spread of Zika virus infections across South and Central America has raised concern among public health professionals in record time. Only weeks after the first reports about the virus and its neurological effects emerge...
Water shortage is a dire concern in many countries and regions of the world as a result of population growth and urbanisation. In a context of scarcity, water reclamation and reuse are becoming increasingly prominent as alternativ...
The democratisation of computation brought a science fiction question to the real world: can computers surpass their human creators? The ambitious idea of building computers with human-like learning skills drove the most prestigio...
Building resilience in economy and resources is an on-going challenge and goal of Lloret de Mar, a small and well-known tourist town on Spain’s Costa Brava. Lloret has two clearly distinguishable faces: in winter, it is a small ...
Driven by increasing water scarcity, the use of alternative water resources is becoming more common. They are viewed as key to creating more resilient and robust water supply systems, yet the technology and knowledge required to u...
As toxic mining waste spilled into the Rio Doce from a burst dam last November, Brazil’s president Dilma Rouseff proclaimed it “natural disaster”. Yet commentators from around the world agreed that what we were witnessing wa...
The full (economic, social and ecological) value of ecosystem services is often ignored or underestimated. As with the intangibly valuable, this is much a case of not appreciating the benefits that ecosystem services bring to our ...
The water crisis continues to score high on the World Economic Forum’s global risk assessment. While many business and opinion leaders consider water a less likely risk, it remains one of potential high impact. Combining this wi...
