‘Playful’ beggars flood China tourist city for alcohol, cigarettes as new form of expression
This signifies an element of rebellion as a way to push against norms and liberate from typical expectations Chinese youths ...
Khaleej Times on MSN4d
Cities face ‘whiplash’ of floods and droughts as temperatures rise, study warns
SINGAPORE - The weather in some of the world’s most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back ...
Bristol Waste to lose £800k this year as China floods market with cheap plastic
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
China Daily8d
China escalates flood control measures as climate risks grow
In recent years, as the threat of climate change looms larger, China has experienced a surge in extreme rainfall events and ...
A weekend of fire and ice: China’s east hit by snow blizzards and record heat
Extreme weather fluctuated wildly across China this weekend, bringing massive snowstorms to one province and record heat to ...
The Star8d
China floods: Much of Shanghai shuts down as Typhoon In-fa lashes city
Over the next 24 hours, the storm moved north before it hit the mainland city of Pinghu, which is quite close to Shanghai, on Monday morning, according to China’s National Meteorological Centre.
The Architects' Journal6d
In practice: Soak it up – flood prevention nature’s way
Celebrated landscape architect Kongjian Yu tells Rob Wilson how he developed the Sponge City concept and about water’s ...
Dawn15d
Climate change key driver of frequent, less predictable floods: study
The journal is sponsored by the Chin­ese Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Foundation of China. Flood frequency has gone up, the study confirms, but a key additional finding is a ...
Reinsurance News12d
Ping An partners with JBA to enhance flood risk management
Company of China has entered a flood maps licensing agreement with UK-based flood specialist JBA Risk Management to enhance ...