By Piet Dircke, Global Leader Water Management at Arcadis:
Global issues such as climate change are compounding in urban spaces, creating complex challenges. Cities and metropolitan regions around the world are acknowledging that local leadership must rethink the capacity, use and functionality of the urban water system and waterfront space. The urban water challenges of tomorrow cannot be overcome by solutions from the past. More sophisticated strategies are required to move fast from planning to financing and implementation to turn oppressive and far-reaching climate challenges into opportunities and safeguarding for local communities. In our interactive workshop at the recent 100 Resilient Cities Global Summit we discussed these topics… Read more >>