The. Stories that move people of the world over information they provide the paintings they want to express d. W. On facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. In recent years extensive flooding around the world has increased causing catastrophic damage in many countries. Excessive pumping of ground water the building of dams the added weight of huge buildings all contribute to the looming disaster as sea levels rise a number of coastal cities sink becoming more vulnerable to flooding. More than a third of the big urban centers located by the safe are endangered threatening the Living Conditions of millions of people. Measuring the stakes in economic and human terms scientists agree that action must be taken quickly but want to. How can a huge city and its inhabitants be protected from flooding are higher goals enough or should we reinvent the city for the twenty First Century and beyond this is an urgent question for engineers architects and urban planners or laboring to
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We begin with an issue thats been a real drain on our states resources, water or lack thereof. You see, california farmers had had to cut back, and the impact is huge. More than half of the countrys fruits vegetables, and nuts are grown right here. With fierce competition over a finite resource fingers are being pointed. Enter the one crop thats taken the brunt of the blame the california almond. Sam for california farmers, you can say that life has been well, kind of nuts these days. Plants in fields are thirsty without much water to go around. So it makes sense for critics to start searching for a scapegoat. But is americas numberone snack nut shown here in video provided by the almond board of california really as bad as its cracked up to be . Lets look at a recent report from the bay areabased Pacific Institute that draws on years of numbers from the department of water resources. It shows almonds and pistachios are actually tied for fourth in water intensity, the best gauge of wat