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The upgrade of the Prey Nup polders in Cambodia meant engaging farmers in a dialogue to manage water resources. Jean-Marie Brun of the French research and technological exchange organisation GRET ...

SINGAPORE — When Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong devoted a big part of his National Day Rally speech on Aug 18 to climate change, many listening may have encountered an unfamiliar word — “polders”. In ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. In April 1782, just six years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, John Adams arrived in Amsterdam as the first U.S. Ambassador to ...

Changing weather patterns, poor maintenance and lack of investment are taking their toll on Bangladesh’s extensive polder system, viewed by many as a first line of defence for coastal communities ...

Flood control solutions are expensive, but the cost of inaction is far greater. And the rate of flooding is occurring more frequently, in Jakarta and elsewhere. Jakarta’s flood warning system makes ...

As a civilisation originating from rivers, China possesses one of the world’s largest water resources and has a long history of water management. It is particularly the case in the Yangtze River Delta ...

o deal with recurrent flooding due to a local high tide, known as the rob, the Semarang administration in Central Java is cooperating with Dutch company Hoogheemraadschap van Schieland en de ...