Land of the Rising Water

Flood disaster management practices and vulnerability in Japan, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Monday, September 29, 2014

News in Japan - September

GEJET:
TEPCO having trouble with 'ice wall' at Fukushima plant
Demonstrators rally against restarting nuclear plants

Japan:
Stay safe cheaply with disaster preparedness kit put together at the 100-yen shop
Volunteering for Hiroshima landslide clean-up

Netherlands:
Nearly half of the locks and pumping stations in the Netherlands are unsafe (Dutch)
20 billion for new Deltaplan against floods (Dutch)

USA:
Louisiana Is Going To End Up Underwater Sooner Than You Might Think
To fight climate change, New York goes Dutch

Other:
Managing coasts under threat from climate change, sea-level rise
Rainfall monitoring: Mobile phones are taking over
Stockholm Water Week: Yes, access to clean drinking water for all, but how?
Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation, 2014 update WHO and UNICEF
Funding water projects: are donors flushing good money away?
Climate change report identifies 'the most vulnerable' sections of the population (most vulnerable here means most exposed)

Vulnerable people:
Gender equality chief makes light of sexist jeering in Tokyo assembly
Karina at 8:39 AM
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