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  • A review of the main challenges to urban sustainability

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    Considering the existential threat that global warming poses to humanity, the current focus on climate change is undoubtedly justified. However, this should not overshadow the fact that sustainable development does not only end with environmental concerns but also covers social and economic domains that are mediated through physical spaces and […]

  • 2009 Flood in Slovakia, Zemplín region. Photo by Peter Fenda

    Water Governance in Slovakia

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    First and foremost, what solving water governance issues requires is a proper feeling for scale. As the example of Slovakia, a country particularly rich in water resources, shows, solutions that are too grand or too local can be equally costly and result in failure. Small country, big differences Záhorie (“the […]

  • And We all Flow Down – A Look at Pakistan’s Water Crisis

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    Pakistan has long been a country recognized for its agriculture-based economy – whether after primary, secondary or tertiary processing is beside the point. Our exports-based economy really is based on agricultural produce – ranging from wheat and processed cotton to rice. Honestly speaking, this fact is stressed upon us so […]