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Group Discussion: Complexity leadership and roundtable dialogues in Beira, Mozambique
Water Adaptation Community dialogues presents: Complexity leadership with a practical application of roundtable dialogues in Beira, Mozambique
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Integrated water resources management in Africa: Issues and Options
The authors of this article say the Economic Commission for Africa recognises water and it’s prudent management as a key to reversing the downward spiral in human welfare resulting from a combination of rapid population growth, stagnating per capita food production and accelerating environmental degradation.
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Mapping and assessing fresh-food markets in the Dhaka metropolitan area
Dhaka's fresh food markets cater to over 20 million citizens. They sell a variety of fresh produce, some sourced from within the city but mostly from outside. But poor public services and water supply are challenges to hygiene.
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Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s Sahelian climate is extreme and highly variable and is characterized by a short rainy season from June to October and a long dry season from November to May. Prone to strong spatio-temporal variability and irregular rainfall patterns, deviations in rainfall and the duration of the rainy season of more than 30% have been observed.
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Making climate change real for vulnerable populations
The poor in Pakistan who live in informal settlements are the first to be hit by climate change. But they cannot understand the link, says Mary James Gill, a human rights lawyer and activist based in Lahore, Pakistan, because available information is bookish and not easy to communicate.
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Rooftop farming in Cairo
Rooftop farming has been used in Cairo, Egypt, as an adaptation intervention that acts to reduce localised heat stress, improve living conditions and generate income. The prevailing flat roof-tops across the region provide a good basis for such an intervention.
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