Tag: Urban Water Policy
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Water Urbanism
The Urban Design Program at Columbia is investigating climate resilience at multiple scales and collaborating with partners in institutions around the world and within the University from science & engineering, journalism, conflict resolution, economics and social justice. Water is constantly in motion, changing states, crossing borders, nourishing (and destroying) life. How can water and urbanism…
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Share the Wealth: A Cap-And-Trade System of Water Conservation and Resiliency?
California has struggled with drought for most of the last decade. From 2011–2015, the state experienced the driest four-year stretch in recorded history, leading to unprecedented water restrictions for residents, including a state mandate to reduce water use by 25 percent. Heavy precipitation last winter relieved much of California, but dry conditions linger. Wildfires raged…
