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    rivers
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 31, 2024

    By Restoring India’s Kham River, a City Revives Its Cultural Legacy

    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • restoration
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • water pollution
    • Urban Development
    Two people in a kayak paddle down the Kham River in India.
    • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
    • restoration
    • rivers
    • Cities
    • urban water resilience
    • Urban Transformations
    • water pollution
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Initiatives
    September 12, 2018

    Cities4Forests

    Pond and trees in front of city skyline.
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    May 20, 2016

    Lessons on Implementing Community-Based Climate Adaptation Plans in the Lower Mekong Basin

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Boats in a river
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • rivers
    Climate
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    World’s 15 Countries with the Most People Exposed to River Floods

    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Citizens flee floods in Sri Lanka. Photo by trokilinochchi/Wikimedia Commons.
    • Freshwater
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • climate change
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 30, 2014

    New French Satellite Imagery to Help Forest Management in the Congo Basin

    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    When it comes to monitoring forests, the Congo Basin remains one of the most challenging environments in the world. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    • rivers
    Freshwater
    Insights
    March 20, 2014

    World’s 18 Most Water-Stressed Rivers

    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Glen Canyon Dam in the Colorado River Basin. Photo credit: James Marvin Phelps
    • Aqueduct
    • mapping
    • rivers
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    Multinationals Need to Take Notice and Take Action on Water Risk Data

    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Brazil has 12% of the world's freshwater resources, but its industries, farms, and communities are concentrated along the coasts, unable to access much of the country's plentiful resources. Photo credit: Flickr/John Wiseman
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Aqueduct
    • climate change
    • rivers
    • water risk
    Freshwater
    Data
    December 12, 2013

    Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings [Datasets]

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • data
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • data
    Freshwater
    Data
    December 12, 2013

    Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings [Map]

    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • mapping
    • Business
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    • rivers
    • mapping
    Freshwater
    Asia
    Data
    January 24, 2013

    Yellow River Basin Study

    • rivers
    • Aqueduct
    • rivers
    • Aqueduct
    Freshwater
    North America
    Data
    January 24, 2013

    Colorado River Basin Study

    • rivers
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • rivers
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct

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