Blogs Label: Stories from the field

Improving the resilience of workers to heat stress in Da Nang, Vietnam

Stories from the field Author: Lisa Buggy

The World Meteorological Organization has announced that 2015 was the hottest year on record. This would come as no surprise to a number of countries in the South and South East Asia region that felt the full brunt of extreme temperatures and intense heat waves this past year. Most prominently, India and Pakistan experienced some of the deadliest heat waves on record.


Lesson learned from cities under ACCCRN Indonesia programme on water resilience

Stories from the field Author: Nyoman Prayoga

It is believed that the impact of climate change on water supply will be one of the greatest challenges for cities in this era. Water is indispensible in our lives. It is the ultimate common commodity. It is central to human development, and indeed, for urban life on many scales. However, urban water management can be a risky business. Mismanagement of this crucial necessity can threaten human activities, and even more so under climate change circumstances.


Delhi's experiment toward a greener environment

Stories from the field Author: Nimish Jha

Recent observations by the Delhi High Court, based in New Delhi, India, in regard to Delhi’s deterioration into a "gas chamber" highlights the plight of citizens in the wake of rising hazardous levels of pollution and environmental degradation. It was only last year that the World Health Organization named Delhi the world's most polluted city in a study of 1,600 cities.


As Chennai looks to rebuild, it must learn from other resilient Indian cities like Surat

Stories from the field Author: Usha P Raghupathi

When development disregards nature, cities are rudely reminded of it when disaster strikes.

Chennai—which is no stranger to inundation—has certainly seen unnaturally high rainfall this year, but there is no doubt that these floods are also a manmade disaster.


Dealing with complex urban systems and uncertainty: insights from Northeast Thailand

Stories from the field Author: Richard Friend, Pakamas Thinphanga

It is now coming to the end of the rainy season—the point in the year at which the reservoirs across Thailand should be approaching maximum storage levels in order to provide the water resources that are needed for the full range of water uses through the dry season. But as we write this blog, it is difficult to see how the next few months will unfold, and how water needs will be met.


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