Water

Desalination, Green Roofs, Underground Cities: Infrastructure for Climate Resilience

21st-century cities are entering a new climate era. Increasingly intense heatwaves, tropical nights, power outages, and urban heat islands are transforming metropolises into environments that are incr...

The New Zealand Paradox: Rich in Water Resources, Yet at Risk of a Water Crisis

In New Zealand, one of the world’s most water-rich countries, urbanisation, intensive agriculture and climate change are turning water management into a strategic infrastructure challenge. Auckland...

Lake Erie: Freshwater Sea Reviving Thanks to the Internet of Things

From a symbol of American industrial pollution to a global laboratory for smart water infrastructure: Lake Erie, the most fragile of the Great Lakes of North America, is becoming an experimental platf...

Senqu Bridge: Bridge over 1400 Meters High for Lesotho-South Africa Water Infrastructure

Located more than 1,400 metres above sea level in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho, the recently inaugurated Senqu Bridge will serve as a unifier of sorts. Built by Webuild as part of the Lesotho...

The New Panama Canal, the benefits of a unique infrastructure in the world

Thanks to the 2016 expansion, this massive hydraulic engineering project has profoundly altered intercontinental trade.

Oceans: United States Chooses Sustainable Infrastructure to Tackle Rising Sea Levels

The United States is investing in water infrastructure projects (such as flood control barriers) to protect communities from the climate crisis and rising sea levels, promoting sustainable development...

US Dams at Risk Are Spotted from Space Thanks to Satellites Like InSAR

New international standards on infrastructure reliability have shifted the focus to the entire life cycle of water dams, from material quality to emergency management and the protection of urban cente...

Genoa Port: All the Sensors Monitoring the Seabed of the New Breakwater

Inside the work of SOCOTEC, the company responsible for monitoring every movement on the seabed at the Genoa New Breakwater construction site, as well as conducting altimetric and bathymetric surveys ...

From New Global Order to Infrastructure Development: What Challenges Await Europe?

How is the global geo-economic order changing in the post-Trump world, between technology, energy transition, and infrastructure? At the RCS Academy Geoeconomy Talk, Massimo Ferrari, General Manager o...