Managing air quality beyond COVID-19
<p>On March 16, 2020, transportation and industries ground to a near halt in Metro Manila as the government enforced an “enhanced community quarantine” (ECQ) in the country’s busiest
Manila
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TomTom Traffic Index: Global Traffic Congestion Up as Bengaluru takes Crown of ‘World’s Most Traffic Congested City’
<p>Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), released the results of the TomTom Traffic Index, a report detailing the traffic situation in 416 cities in 57 countries.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/TomTom
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Detection and distribution of Wolbachia endobacteria in Culex quinquefasciatus populations (Diptera: Culicidae) from Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
<p>Culex quinquefasciatus is a peridomestic mosquito known for its ability to transmit pathogenic diseases such as filariasis and Japanese encephalitis.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Culex
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Sinking cities, rising seas: a perfect storm of climate change and bad development choices
This paper looks at the impact of sea level rise on eight cities worldwide, exploring some of the underlying reasons for vulnerability, and then the additional impact that climate change will have on their
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Building resilience to climate change locally: the case of Valenzuela City, Metro Manila
This case study explains the vulnerability and exposure of Valenzuela City to flood risk and elaborates on the impacts caused by the frequent flooding. Following, it presents the Partners for Resilience
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Urban metabolism of six Asian cities
The urban metabolism framework maps the activities of cities from their consumption of materials, the different activities associated with those processes, and the wastes produced. Information generated
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Understanding children’s risk and agency in urban areas and their implications for child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia
This paper presents the findings of a study that IIED undertook in partnership with Plan International on urban children’s risk and agency in four large Asian cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal),