Water

From Argentina to the Maldives: How Is Water Management Handled in Remote Areas?

From Buenos Aires to the Cook Islands, from Australia to Tristan da Cunha, and as far as the Maldives: in the most remote corners of the globe, water management and the supply of drinking water presen...

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...

From Three Gorges Dam to Kansai Airport: Great Masterpieces of Civil Engineering

Five major infrastructure projects have redefined the boundaries of civil engineering: from the Panama Canal to China’s Three Gorges Dam, from Osaka Bay’s Kansai International Airport to the Hoover Da...

From Washington D.C. to Dubai: 5 Infrastructure Projects that Engage with Water

From the Anacostia River Tunnel in Washington D.C. to the dams and polders in the Netherlands, from the tidal energy plant in Brittany to the artificial island in Dubai: discover how hydraulic enginee...

From Himalayas to Andes: Infrastructure Built at the Extremes (and Where to Find It)

From the GERD in Ethiopia to the Karakoram Highway amongst the glaciers, from the Rogun Dam to Ushuaia International Airport: infrastructure in extreme environments arises from the challenge of transf...

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...

Clean Energy and Public Transport: Sustainable Infrastructure Changing the World

From public transport networks to hydropower plants, from water management systems to offshore wind complexes, infrastructure is becoming the driving force behind sustainability, redefining the relati...

Qatar to Singapore: Record-Breaking Infrastructure and Logistics in Small Nations

In small countries, infrastructure such as stadiums, bridges, hydroelectric power plants, and ports transforms geographical constraints and limited resources into strategic connections, competitivenes...