The devastation recently brought about by Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” is yet again another of the many indications that we seemingly don’t learn from past experiences. And President ...

These wetlands are under constant threat due to a number of factors that include urban farming, unplanned developments ... a community-based organisation in Mabvuku, the continued degradation of ...

This accounts for a fourth of the economic damages due to ... and environmental degradation in India have exacerbated the effects of these extreme events. Rapid, unplanned urban expansion has ...

The region faces a multitude of challenges, encompassing public health, socio-economic issues, and the compounded impacts of climate change and environmental degradation ... displacement due to ...

With laws and wet land policies in place, wetlands in Uganda have continued to face degradation for conversion of land for agriculture, industrialisation and settlement purposes. According to ...

Colder weather moved into Colorado over the weekend, and Summit County was treated to a big blanket of powder on Sunday. That led to a few closures on Interstate 70 in the high country as ...

Asanka Abeywardene who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Urban Settlement Development Authority assumed duties recently. Mr. Abeywardene obtained his letter of appointment from the ...

As housing infrastructure expands in the urban centres, there are growing concerns over the rising environmental hazards caused by urban dwellers. A recent statistics from World Demography show ...

The one-time settlement scheme of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) for water consumers to pay their dues without penalty and interest has been extended till ...

The development of large urban settlements was a major step in the evolution of human civilization. This process of urbanization has proven difficult to study in northern Arabia, due in part to a ...

They called this phase "low urbanization," describing it as a transitional stage between pastoralism, in which nomadic people follow grazing lands for livestock, and complex urban settlements.