Australia: wildfires threaten Sydney’s water supply

Dams, aqueducts and electricity networks risk being damaged by the uncontrolled fires

About the US water crisis: two million people with no running water

Certain remote rural areas are in desperate need of water infrastructure

Indonesia’s new capital

The government announced plans to build a new capital city to relieve demographic pressure on Jakarta

Japan’s infrastructure: the country challenges China with new investments

During the next 40 years, the country will need $5 trillion to modernise its own infrastructure

Flood risk in the world: the investments to avoid urban flooding

Flooding could affect over 50 million people each year in 10 years’ time

Mexico City, getting around in a mega-city

The subway is not enough to save this urban area of 20 million people from pollution-related health risks

Australia’s Development Needs More Innovation to Meet Challenges

A new McKinsey & Company study says Australia must find new innovative ways to plan, finance and deliver infrastructure

Climate change threatens megacities

Less than half of the world’s largest cities have assessed their climate risks, according to a new study

Discover the safest cities in the world: Tokyo is still number one

The Economist Intelligence Unit study looks at the changes under way in the world’s largest cities